"Far Better Thing" by New Model Army (from the album "History") =============================================================== Transcribed by Juergen Bohn (nma@jjbohn.com) Verses: |: Eb(VI.) Bb(VI.) | Cm(III.) G(III.) :| |: G(III.) Bb(VI.) | G(III.) Bb(VI.) :| | Eb(VI.) C(III.) | Eb(VI.) C(III.) | Chorus: | Cm(III.) Fm(I.) | Cm(III.) Bb(VI.) | | Fm(I.) Fm(I.) | Cm(III.) Cm(III.) | | Eb(VI.) Bb(VI.) | Cm(III.) Bb(I.) F(I.)| [Verse 1] Eb Bb Cm G In the white washed cancer ward Eb Bb Cm G With my hot blood running wild G Bb G I see the pain behind your eyes Bb But I search for reason G Bb G And the knowing and the fear Bb Of the passing season Eb C Now, please give me strength to cope And to keep our secret Eb C Please give me strength to cope [Chorus] Cm But the things we love Fm They remain here still Cm There is time to wait Bb And there is time to kill Fm I see your outstretched hands Cm To the closing door Eb Bb Cm But it's a far better thing that I do Bb F Than I've done before [Verse 2] So it seems that murder is not so hard I've eaten flesh and blood each day And if I believe the things I write Through the passing season Then with a rifle in my hands And with a thousand reasons, I'll wait Far above the ground In the the summer sunshine And history changes now, forever [Chorus] But the things we love They remain here still There is time to wait And there is time to kill From this barren land Comes the seeds of war So it's a far better thing that I do Than I've done before Yeah it's a far better thing that I do Than I've done before [Outro] So of the things we love They remain here still There is time to wait And there is time to kill I see your outstretched hands Through the closing door But it's a far better thing that I do Than I've done before ... --<>-- Sigh. Chords by Juergen Bohn, June 1999, last modified in October 1999.