Ahead by a Century
The Tragically Hip
There are 3 acoustic guitar parts to this song which are very similar, some are in standard
tuning and there is at least one in an open D tuning, if you see them play this song live
the lead guitar is definitely playing an open tuning. I think it goes like this:
Open D tuning, strum across all strings, only fingerings are shown
Intro, repeat
D ---4-----2-----7-----4----0--------------------------------------------
A ---5-----0-----7-----5----0--------------------------------------------
F# ----------------------------------2-h3-----2-h3------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse,
Phrase 1 rake rake
D -----------------0---------------------------------0-------------------
A ---------------0---------------------------------0---------------------
F# ----------- 0---------------------------------0------------------------
D ---------0------------------0--------------0---------------------------
A ------0--------------0 h2--------------0-------------------------------
D ----0---------------------------------0---------------------------------
First thing we'd climb a tree......x4.
Phrase 2, rake rake rake
D -----------------------------------------------------0----
A ---------------------------------------------------0------
F# ------------------1-----------------------------0---------
D ----------0-------2---------------0----------0------------
A ----0 h2----------3--------0h2-------------0--------------
D -----------------------------------------0-----------------
With illusions that someday.....x4
repeat intro,
Chorus, pause
D ---------------------------7--5----7---5--------------------------
A ---------------------------7--5----7---5--------------------------
F# ---------------------------7--5----7---5--------------------------
D ------------------0--------7--5----7---5--------------------------
A ---------0h2---------------7--5----7---5--------------------------
D ----------------------------7--5----7---5--------------------------
You are ahead by..... And it's startin'...
Repeat intro.
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