38 Years Old Chords by The Tragically Hip

Tempo:
97.7 bpm
Chords used:

C

Am

G

D

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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38 Years Old chords
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[Am] [C] [G]
[Am] [Dm] [C] [G]
[Am] [C] [G]
[Am] [C] [G]
[Am] 12 men broke [C] loose in 73
[G]
[Am] From Mill Haven maximum [C] [G] security
[Am] 12 pictures lined [C] up across the [G] front page
[Am] Seems the mountains had a [C] summertime long [G] wait
[Am] But the cheap don't [Dm] leave a [C] lick of nothing [G] to [D] feed
[Am] So the last thing they want to [C] do is hang [G] around here
[Am] The most came [C] from a town that belonged to a French name
[Am] But one of the dozen [C] was a [G] hometown shame
[C] Same [D] pattern on the table, [A] same clock on the wall
[C] Been [G] one seat empty, [A] 18 years and all
[C] Freezing [G] slow, [A] tired, unaware from the world
[C] He's [D] 58 years [A] old, never kissed a girl
[C] He's [D] 58 years [A] old, [D] never [C] kissed a girl
[G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] We're sitting at the table, heard the telephone [D] ring
[Am] Father said he'd [F] tell him [C] if he saw [G] anything
[Am] Heard the [F] tap on the window [C] in the middle of the night
[Am] Held back the [F] curtains [C] for my older [G] brother Mike
[Am] [A] Seemed my sister got raped, [D] some man got killed
[C] Lover boy went to prison, [G] man's buried [D] under a hill
[Am] Folks went back to normal [D] when they closed the case
[C] They still stare at the [D] shoes and the pass I played with his
My [A]
[Am] [D] [A] [D]
[Am] [D] [Am]
[G] [A]
[C] [D] [Am]
[C] [Am] [Dm]
[C] [G] [Am] mother cried [F] the horror [C] finally [G] ceased
[Am] He whispered yeah [C] all the time, P and Natalie
[G] [Am] Low push [Dm] shoulder, [C] squad car megaphone
[Am] Said let's go [Dm] Michael [C] son, we're taking you home
Same [Bm] pattern on the table, [A] same clock on the wall
[C] Been [G] one seat empty, [B] 18 [A] years and all
[C] [G] Freezing slow, [A] tired, unaware from the world
[C] He's [D] 38 years [A] old, never [D] kissed a girl
[C] He's [D] 38 years [A] old, never [D] kissed a girl
[C] He's [G] 38 years [A] old, never [G] kissed a girl
[A] [Am] [G]
[A] [Am] [Gm]
[Am] [A] [G]
[A] [D] [C] [D]
[Am] [Gm]
[D]
[A] [C] [G]
[A] [D]
Key:  
C
3211
Am
2311
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
C
3211
Am
2311
G
2131
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To learn The Tragically Hip - 38 Years Old chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: G, Am, C, G, A, C and D. Begin your practice at a relaxed 48 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 98. With G Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] 12 men broke [C] loose in 73
[G] _
[Am] From Mill Haven maximum [C] _ [G] security _
[Am] 12 pictures lined [C] up across the [G] front page
[Am] Seems the mountains had a [C] summertime long [G] wait
[Am] But the cheap don't [Dm] leave a [C] lick of nothing [G] to [D] feed
[Am] So the last thing they want to [C] do is hang [G] around here
[Am] The most came [C] from a town that belonged to a French name
[Am] But one of the dozen [C] was a [G] hometown shame
[C] Same [D] pattern on the table, [A] same clock on the wall
[C] Been [G] one seat empty, [A] 18 years and all
[C] _ Freezing [G] slow, [A] tired, unaware from the world
[C] He's [D] 58 years [A] old, never kissed a girl
[C] He's [D] 58 years [A] old, [D] never [C] kissed a girl
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] We're sitting at the table, heard the telephone [D] ring
[Am] Father said he'd [F] tell him [C] if he saw [G] anything
[Am] Heard the [F] tap on the window [C] in the middle of the night
_ [Am] Held back the [F] curtains [C] for my older [G] brother Mike
[Am] [A] Seemed my sister got raped, [D] some man got killed
_ [C] Lover boy went to prison, [G] man's buried [D] under a hill
[Am] Folks went back to normal [D] when they closed the case
[C] They still stare at the [D] shoes and the pass I played with his
My [A] _ _
[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ mother cried [F] the horror [C] finally [G] ceased
[Am] He whispered yeah [C] all the time, P and Natalie
[G] _ [Am] Low push [Dm] shoulder, [C] squad car megaphone
[Am] Said let's go [Dm] Michael [C] son, we're taking you home
Same [Bm] pattern on the table, [A] same clock on the wall
[C] Been [G] one seat empty, [B] 18 [A] years and all
[C] _ [G] Freezing slow, [A] tired, unaware from the world
[C] He's [D] 38 years [A] old, never [D] kissed a girl
[C] He's [D] 38 years [A] old, never [D] kissed a girl
[C] He's [G] 38 years [A] old, _ never [G] kissed a girl _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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