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]
Eb               Bb               Cm    G  Eb
So it seems that murder is not so hard
           Bb                   Cm   Cm  G      
I've eaten flesh and blood each day
         Dm                   G 
And if I believe the things I write
            Bb             G
Through the passing season
            Dm          G
Then with a rifle in my hands
           Bb                     Eb  
And with a thousand reasons, I'll wait
              Em
Far above the ground
                           Eb
In the the summer sunshine
                    Eb
And history changes now, forever

[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
           Eb         Bb           Cm
But it's a far better thing that I do
          Bb     F
Than I've done before

[Chorus]
                    Cm
So of the things we love
                 F
They remain here still
                 Cm
There is time to wait
                     Bb
And there is time to     kill
                        F
I see your outstretched hands
                Cm   
Through the closing door
           Eb         Bb           Cm
But it's a far better thing that I do
          Bb     F
Than I've done before 

[Outro]
          Eb         Bb           Cm
So it's a far better thing that I do
          Bb     F
Than I've done before 
            Eb         Bb           Cm
Yeah it's a far better thing that I do
          Bb     F
Than I've done before