Title: Picture Window
Music By Ben Folds
Lyrics By Nick Hornby
D# A#
F D# A# F
They checked into the hospital new year's eve
D# A# F
Nothing to be done about that
D# A# F
Rainbows, daffodils; she's not naïve
D# A# F
Symbolism's all crap
D#
There's a big picture window in their room
A# F
On the ward, with a view of a parliament hill
Dm7(4) D# A#
But the view offers more joy than they can afford
F
When there's this much pain to kill
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
F
Hope is a bastard
A#/D
Hope is a liar
D#
G cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
F
Kick it's backside
A#/D D# A# F F(9) A# F
Got no place in days like these
D# A#
At dusk the darkness surrenders to color
F
As the fireworks streak the sky
D# A#
And their window gives them the prettiest picture
F
Their useless luck makes her wanna cry
D# A#
Then it turns midnight, the shitty old year spent
F
Another Mum gives her some sparkling wine
D# A#
And she nearly gives in to the moment
F
But she'll still be sick in 2009
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
F
Hope is a bastard
A#/D
Hope is a liar
D#
G cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
F
Kick it's backside
A#/D D# A# F
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4) F Dm D# (repeat 3 times)
Am7(4) A#/F
Just as she's thinking of pulling the blind down
F(9)/G A#sus
G rocket bursts in front of her eyes
Dm7(4)
The city lit up like a crown on London
A# D# D#6
And she tries and fails to stop spirits rise
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
F
Hope is a bastard
A#/D
Hope is a liar
D#
G cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
F
Kick it's backside
A#/D D#
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
F
Hope is a bastard
A#/D
Hope is a liar
D#
G cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
F
Kick it's backside
A#/D D# A#/D F F(9) A# /D F
Got no place in days like these