Artist: Tragically Hip :Song: 38 Years Old
Standard Tuning: BUT you must tune down the high e to D
 
You will need to form an Am chord AND add your pinky to the high e string at
the 2nd fret, then slide to 3rd, we'll call it Am* for short, strum the riff
You will see...and when you play the G6 don't play the 
high e string. It won't sound right, cuz we dropped it.
The end is long and you can mess around to your liking.
 
Am* C  E7  G6 

Twelve men broke loose in '73
From Millhaven maximum security
Twelve pictures lined up across the front page
Seems the Mounties had a summertime war to wage
The chief told the people they had nothing to fear
The last thing they'd wanna do is hang around here
They mostly came from towns with long French names
But one of the dozen was a hometown shame

[Chorus]
 C    E7 G6          D 
Same pattern on the table, same clock on the wall
 C    E7 G6          Am
Been one seat empty 18 years in all
 C    E7 G6          D 
Freezing slow time away from the world
 C    G6          Am 
He?s 38 years old, never kissed a girl
 C    G6          Am
He?s 38 years old, never kissed a girl
 C    G6          Am

Am*  C  E7  G6
We were sittin' at the table, heard the telephone ring
Father said he'd tell me if he saw anything
Heard the tap on the window in the middle of the night
Held back the curtains for my older brother mike

Am                        Dsus2
See my sister got raped, so a man got killed
C                           Dsus2
Little boy went to prison, man's buried on the hill
Am                      Dsus2
Folks went back to normal when they closed the case
C                                         Dsus2
They still stare at their shoes when they pass our place

[Solo]     Am   C  E7  C  Am  3times   Am C E7

Am*  C  E7  G6
My mother cried the horror has finally ceased
He whispered yeah, for the time being, at least
And over his shoulder, on the squad car megaphone
Said let's go Mikey, son, we're takin' you home

 C    E7 G6          D 
Same pattern on the table, same clock on the wall
 C    E7 G6          Am
Been one seat empty 18 years in all
 C    E7 G6          D 
Freezing slow time away from the world
 C    G6          Am 
He?s 38 years old, never kissed a girl
 C    G6          Am
He?s 38 years old, never kissed a girl
 C    G6          Am                     C  E7  C E7  
He?s 38 years old,..... never kissed a girl

 Am C  E7  C  Am   (a few times over end solo)

 Am* C  E7  Am*  C  G6  Am*