In these tabs I have only noted the main strokes of the chords, so
in some places there are more strokes. Listen to the record to get
it right. In some of the tabs I have noted time counts, to make
them easier to interpret.

The tabs are not exactly correct - again: listen to the record!

In the chords I have only marked some of the more obvious places
where there are a lot of sus4 and sus2 fingerings.
 

Capo on 3:rd fret

              Am                                       G       Gsus4
 1 2 3  4 1 2 3 4  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2   3   4
|--------|----0---|---------------|---------------|----3-------3|
|--------|----1--1|3---3-3-1---1-0|------0-1------|----0---1---1|
|--------|----2---|---------------|2---2-------2-0|----0-------0|
|--------|2---2---|---------------|---------------|----0-------0|
|0---0h3-|----0---|---------------|---------------|----2--------|
|--------|--------|---------------|---------------|0h3-3-------3|
In  long ye......................y.y.....y.y........ars of ancient
Reflected by.....................y.y.....y.y the ever-burning sigh

     G       E Am                    G                Am G
 1 . 2   3   4 1 2    3    4     1   2 3    4        1 2 3    4
|----3---3---0|0-0--------------|----3--------------|--0-3-------------|
|----0---0---0|1-1-0-1--3-1--0--|----0--------------|--1-0-------------|
|----0---0---1|2-2-------------2|----0--------------|--2-0-------------|
|----0---0---2|2-2--------------|----0--------------|--2-0-------------|
|----2---2---2|0-0--------------|----2-2-3--2h3p2p0-|0-0-2-2h3-2h3p2p0-|
|0h3-3---3---0|-----------------|0h3-3-------------3|----3------------3|
   time  ..alone.mine
    god        by

 Am
 1 2 3  4
|--0-------|
|--1-0h1---|
|--2-------|
|2-2-------|
|--0----0h2|
|----------|

===================================================================
A           sus2 D               |-> add e string fret 5
And in the dawn, there came the song
    G               D             A sus4 A sus2 A
Of some sweet lady singing in his ear.
A            sus  D
Your god has gone, and from now on,
        G       D        A A A     D            sus2 D sus4  A  sus4 A sus2
You'll have to learn to hate the things you fear.
                           ^
                           here, play a barre A in fifth position (?)
===================================================================
Strum chords
 
 Bm            D       Bm         Em            A  sus2 A sus4 A sus2
|2-----2-      2-0h2-2              -------
|3-2h3-3-      3-----3              -------
|4-----4-      2-----2              -------
|4-----4-      0-----0              ------0
|2-----2-      -------              ----2--
|2-----2-      -------              0-3----
   We want to know, are we        inside   the womb?
   The passion plays, in thy righteousness consumed?
 

 Em                      G           D            A  sus2 A sus4 A sus2
|-----------|-----------|-----------|----2---2--|
|------0---0|------0---0|-----------|--3--------|
|--0-0---0--|--0-0---0--|----0---0--|-----------|
|2----------|2----------|--0--------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|0----------|
|-----------|-----------|3----------|-----------|
Or         just   in    lush      ...souls?
                          contentment
                               of our

===================================================================

              Em                                       D       Dsus4
 1 2 3  4 1 2 3 4  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2   3   4
|--------|----0---|---------------|---------------|----2---2h3-3|
|--------|----0---|---------------|---------------|----3---3---3|
|--------|----0--0|2---2-2-0---0--|--------0------|0h2-2---2---2|
|--------|----2---|--------------4|2---2-4-----2--|----0---0---0|
|--------|2---2---|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|0---0h3-|--------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
And so bega......................a.a.....a.a........an the age of
Their glasses rai................i.i.....i.i........ised to a god on

     D       B Em                    D                Em D
 1 . 2   3   4 1 2    3    4     1   2 3  4        1 2 3  4
|3p2-2---2---2|0-0--------------|----2--------------|--0-2-----------|
|3---3---3---4|0-0--------------|----3--------------|--0-3-----------|
|2---2---2---4|0-0---0--2-0-----|0h2-2----2p0-------|--0-2-2p0-------|
|----0---0---4|2-2-4---------4-2|----0-------h4--2-0|--2-0----h4--2-0|
|------------2|2-2--------------|-------------------|2-2-------------|
|------------2|0-0--------------|-------------------|--0-------------|
    man  ..body.sand
    high ..them.sky

 Em
 1 2 3    4
|--0---------|
|--0---------|
|--0---------|
|--2-0h2-----|
|2-2------0h2|
|--0---------|

===================================================================

Em                           (There are no chords in this part,
So take the stage.            but if there were, these would be
D                             the ones, I guess.)
Spin down the ages.
             B
Loose the passion.
Em
Spill the rage upon your son
               D              B
Who holds the gun up to your head.
Am
The play's begun.
 
 

 Am                               F
                      --0--------1-
                      1-----1p0--1-
                      ---------2-2-
                      -----------3-
                      -------------
                      -------------
Then God, the director, smells a rat.
               G  D               Dsus4 sus2
Pulls another rabbit from His hat.
  Dm           E                                              Am
Sniffs the air and He says "Well, that's that - I'm going".
 

The End.

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Here is the whole song without the tabs, if someone would prefer it that way.
 

Am           G       Gsus4   G         E Am               G Am G Am
In long years of ancient time, stood alone a friend of mine.
Am          G        Gsus4   G           E Am                 G Am G Am
Reflected by the ever-burning sigh of a god   who happened by.
 

A           sus2 D
And in the dawn, there came the song
    G               D             A sus4 A sus2 A
Of some sweet lady singing in his ear.
A            sus  D
Your god has gone, and from now on,
        G       D        A A A     D            sus2 D sus4  A  sus4 A sus2
You'll have to learn to hate the things you fear.
                           ^
                           here, play a barre A in fifth position (?)
 

    Bm       D        Bm   Em       A   sus...
We want to know, are we inside the womb?
Bm            D         Bm     Em           A     sus...
The passion plays, in thy righteousness consumed?
    Em      G       D               A     sus...
Or just in lush contentment of our souls?
 

Em         D               Dsus4 D
And so began the age of man,
                   B  Em           D Em D Em
And they left his body in the sand.
Em                D                   Dsus4 D
Their glasses raised to a god on high,
                 B  Em             D Em D Em
Who smiled upon them from the sky.
 

Em                           (There are no chords in this part,
So take the stage.            but if there were, these would be
D                             the ones, I guess.)
Spin down the ages.
             B
Loose the passion.
Em
Spill the rage upon your son
               D              B
Who holds the gun up to your head.
Am
The play's begun.
 

Am                                F
Then God, the director, smells a rat.
               G  D               Dsus4 sus2
Pulls another rabbit from His hat.
  Dm           E                                     Am
Sniffs the air and He says "Well, that's that - I'm going".