New Model Army - Far better thing --------------------------------- Tabbed by Bjoern Ahrens (nma-tabs@gmx.de) Capo on 3rd fret. All chords relative to capo. unusual chords: A5 (x022xx) Csus2 (x35533) C#sus2 (x46644) Dsus2 (xx0230) Intro: [A5] [C/G] [G] [Am] [E] In the white washed cancer ward [C/G] [G] [Am] with my hot blood running wild [E] [Bm] [E] [G] I see the pain behind your eyes and the search for a reason [E] [Bm] [E] [G] And the knowing and the fear of the passing season [Csus2] [C#sus2] Now please give me strength to cut and to keep our secret [Csus2] [C#sus2] Please give me strange to cut Chorus: ------- [Am] [Dsus2] That the things we love may remain here still [Am] [G] There is time to wait and there's a time to kill [Dsus2] [Am] I see your outstretched hand through the closing door [C/G] [G] [Am] [G] [Dsus2] But it's a far better thing I do than I have done before [Dsus2] [C/G] [G] [Am] [E] And so it seems that murder's not so hard [C/G] [G] [Am] I've eaten flesh and blood each day [E] [Bm] [E] [G] And if I believe the things I write through the passing season [E] [Bm] [E] [G] Then with a rifle in my hand and with a thousand reasons [Csus2] [C#sus2] I'll wait, far above the crowd in the summer sunshine [Csus2] [C#sus2] And history changes now, forever Chorus: ------- That the things we love may remain here still There is time to wait and there's a time to kill From the barren land come the seeds of war So it's a far better thing that I do than I have done before It's a far better thing that I do than I have done before [Dsus2] That the things we love may remain here still There is time to wait and there's a time to kill I see your outstretched hand through the closing door But it's a far better thing I do than I have done before It's a far better thing I do than I have done before It's a far better thing I do than I have done before [Dsus2]