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From: Mike 
 Ballad - New Model Army (from 'The Ghost of Cain')
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 There are three parts, labelled I, II, III; III is a bridge between 
 II and I. They're all played on the bottom three strings only.
 I
 D|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-|
 A|---4-----4---|---4-----4---|---4-----4---|---4-----4---|
 E|-4-----4-----|-2-----2-----|-0-----0-----|-2-----2-----|
 
 
 II
 
 D|-----6-----6-|-----6-----6-|-----4-----4-|-----2-----2-|
 A|---7-----7---|---6-----6---|---5-----5---|---4-----4---|
 E|-7-----7-----|-4-----4-----|-5-----5-----|-4-----4-----|
 
 
 III
 
 D|-----1-2-1---|-----1-2-1---|
 A|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
 E|-2-----------|-2-----------|
 
 
 Words:-
 
 I
 When they look back at us and they write down their history
 What will they say about our generation?
 We're the ones who knew everything, still we did nothing
 Harvested everything, planted nothing
 
 Well we lived pretty well in the wake of the goldrush
 Floating in comfort on waves of our apathy
 Quietly knawing away at Her body
 Until we mortgage the future, bury our children
 
 II
 Storehouses full of the fruits we've been given
 We send off the scragends to suckle the starving
 But still we can't feed this strange hunger inside
 Greedy, restless, unsatisfied
 
 III
 
 I
 
 I was never much one for the great "big bang" theory
 Going out in a blaze of suicidal glory
 Not foolish and brave these leaders of ours
 Just stupid and petty, unworthy of power
 
 II
 
 Just a little leak here and a small error there
 Another square mile poisoned forever
 A series of sad and pathetic little fizzles
 And out go the lights, never to return.
 
 III
 
 I
 
 The affair it is over, the passion is dead
 She stares at us now with ice in Her eyes
 But we turn away from these bitter reproaches
 And take up distractions to forget what we're doing
 
 Well I stand on these hills and I watch Her at night
 A thousand square miles and a million orange lights
 Wounded and scarred, She lies silent in pain
 Raped and betrayed in the cold acid rain
 
 II
 
 And I wish and I wish and I wish and I wish
 We could start over again
 Yes I wish and I wish and I wish and I wish
 We could win back Her love once again.
 
 III
 
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 Tab by Mike Healey
 
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   Mike H.
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 michael.healey@balliol.oxford.ac.uk