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Song Title: Ahead by a Century
Artist: The Tragically Hip
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Ahead by a Century
by The Tragically Hip
from the CD "Trouble at the Henhouse"

There is a lot going on in this song, so the bass is hard to pick out

This is waht is played when Gord Downie isn't singing

G
D               67 67 
A 5 5 5 5 5
E

Then the vocals kick in

    First we'd climb a tree...
G                     5
D               5 7
A 5 5 5 5 5 
E

CHORUS

G
D
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 
E

That is pretty close, if you think it's wrong, send in the corrections

LYRICS

First we'd climb a tree
and maybe then we'd talk
or sit silently
and listen to our thoughts
with illusions of someday
casting a golden light
no dress rehearsal,
this is our life
 
that's when the hornet stung me
and I had a feverish dream
with revenge and doubt
tonight we smoke them out

You are ahead by a century

Stare in the morning shroud
and then the day began
I tlted your cloud,
you tilted my hand
rain falls in real time
and rain fell through the night
no dress rehearsal, this is our life

That's when the hornet stung me
and I had a serious dream
with revenge and doubt
tonight, we smoked them out

You are ahead by a century
but this is our life
and disappointing you's gettin'
me down


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Submitted by:  Ricky Bowness (rbowness@ashbury.ca OR jubowne@ibm.net)

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Reynaldo Wanna Be	#1 by Reynaldo Gonzalez at Mar 18, 1970 at 4:14 PM EST
	It's about the clashing of innocence, vulnerablity and being afraid to show those feelings, so not to look like you are like that. It's weak to show your true feelings

No Picture Amanda Average	#2 by Amanda Legge at Dec 24, 1983 at 3:21 AM EST
	the tragically hip kicks ass like whoa. This song is def about nostalgia... =( and nostalgic songs always make me emo. uh oh!

No Picture sebastian Average	#3 by sebastian daalmeijer at Sep 3, 1986 at 6:49 AM EST
	on the Live Between Us album (the concert one), Gord introduces this song saying, "we'd like to do a song now, if we could. um, it sort of explores the realm of uh, catharsis, and uh, my arse is capable of more flush. adolesence, in essence, is all about - trust". because of that introduction, i think of two 15-year-olds, a guy and a girl, who like each other quite a bit hanging out together. girls tend to mature faster than guys, though, so the guy who's singing here is just trying to keep up with the girl. she may only be ahead by two years (many girls hang out with guys 2 years older than them), but that's enough to make a difference. they're both trying to show each other that they care. i associate Gord's adolesence-trust with "and disappointing you's getting me down". that could also be said to the girl or to a parent, either in the context of "i-want-to-impress-you-mom-and-dad-but-i-still-have-to-be-my-own-person", or in the case of not taking the relationship with his girlfriend too far too fast. in that sense, "i tilted your cloud, you tilted my hand" could mean, i said something nice to you that you wanted to hear, so you repaid me physically(sexually). is he stunned by that? confused? pleased with himself? nostalgia for sure, i think this is a great song for confused teenagers. just make the most of today -in time, this won't matter as much as you think it does, but you'll never get this time back.

No Picture system of a dow Rhythm Player	#4 by system of a down at Oct 23, 1987 at 12:31 PM EST
	This song kicks serious ass. I'm not quite sure of the meaning, though. Something about childhood nostalgia, I'm sure.

No Picture TiTO Average	#5 by TiTO at Jan 23, 1995 at 7:07 PM EST
	I wish I had money and could just buy The Tragically Hip, I love this song. My SN is Madscooterfoo if anyone wants to talk. Yea this song is one of the best

No Picture Chris Average	#6 by Chris Dunn at Oct 16, 1997 at 1:19 PM EST
	This song is simply amazing, and the video doesn't help understand the meaning... this is definately my Hips favorite. In the video, the young boy and the older one are the same, it's kinda like he's running away from his problems, and the girl see it as he is young... that's why she's "ahead by a century" (i think).

No Picture CHAD Wanna Be	#7 by CHAD at Oct 5, 2003 at 9:11 PM EST
	shit this kickass song got me hooked for weeks

No Picture by fires light Rhythm Player	#8 by by fires light she cried at Oct 14, 2003 at 3:51 AM EST
	Clue 9: Think of a video game where the contenders were soft and malleable. Funny thing, they still could wipe the floor viciously with us. Also think about all Rankin/Bass Christmas specials. Put the sentiments together and you have the final answer.

No Picture Jake Wanna Be	#9 by Jake Fugate at May 21, 2004 at 12:57 PM EST
	This is one of my favourite Hip songs, i think my fav is Bobcaygeon though.

No Picture Justin Wanna Be	#10 by Justin Gaffney at Jul 19, 2006 at 5:46 PM EST
	It reminds me of childhood days and the love the two kids share for each other. I could be wrong because I am wrong half the time.