Title: Picture Window
Music By Ben Folds
Lyrics By Nick Hornby
C G
D C G D
They checked into the hospital new year's eve
C G D
Nothing to be done about that
C G D
Rainbows, daffodils; she's not naïve
C G D
Symbolism's all crap
C
There's a big picture window in their room
G D
On the ward, with a view of a parliament hill
Dm7(4) C G
But the view offers more joy than they can afford
D
When there's this much pain to kill
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
D
Hope is a bastard
G/B
Hope is a liar
C
E cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
D
Kick it's backside
G/B C G D F(9) G D
Got no place in days like these
C G
At dusk the darkness surrenders to color
D
As the fireworks streak the sky
C G
And their window gives them the prettiest picture
D
Their useless luck makes her wanna cry
C G
Then it turns midnight, the shitty old year spent
D
Another Mum gives her some sparkling wine
C G
And she nearly gives in to the moment
D
But she'll still be sick in 2009
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
D
Hope is a bastard
G/B
Hope is a liar
C
E cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
D
Kick it's backside
G/B C G D
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4) D Bm C (repeat 3 times)
Am7(4) G/D
Just as she's thinking of pulling the blind down
F(9)/E Gsus
E rocket bursts in front of her eyes
Dm7(4)
The city lit up like a crown on London
G C C6
And she tries and fails to stop spirits rise
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
D
Hope is a bastard
G/B
Hope is a liar
C
E cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
D
Kick it's backside
G/B C
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
D
Hope is a bastard
G/B
Hope is a liar
C
E cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
D
Kick it's backside
G/B C G/B D F(9) G /B D
Got no place in days like these