Title: Picture Window
Music By Ben Folds
Lyrics By Nick Hornby
B F#
C# B F# C#
They checked into the hospital new year's eve
B F# C#
Nothing to be done about that
B F# C#
Rainbows, daffodils; she's not naïve
B F# C#
Symbolism's all crap
B
There's a big picture window in their room
F# C#
On the ward, with a view of a parliament hill
Dm7(4) B F#
But the view offers more joy than they can afford
C#
When there's this much pain to kill
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
C#
Hope is a bastard
F#/A#
Hope is a liar
B
D# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
C#
Kick it's backside
F#/A# B F# C# F(9) F# C#
Got no place in days like these
B F#
At dusk the darkness surrenders to color
C#
As the fireworks streak the sky
B F#
And their window gives them the prettiest picture
C#
Their useless luck makes her wanna cry
B F#
Then it turns midnight, the shitty old year spent
C#
Another Mum gives her some sparkling wine
B F#
And she nearly gives in to the moment
C#
But she'll still be sick in 2009
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
C#
Hope is a bastard
F#/A#
Hope is a liar
B
D# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
C#
Kick it's backside
F#/A# B F# C#
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4) C# A#m B (repeat 3 times)
Am7(4) F#/C#
Just as she's thinking of pulling the blind down
F(9)/D# F#sus
D# rocket bursts in front of her eyes
Dm7(4)
The city lit up like a crown on London
F# B B6
And she tries and fails to stop spirits rise
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
C#
Hope is a bastard
F#/A#
Hope is a liar
B
D# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
C#
Kick it's backside
F#/A# B
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
C#
Hope is a bastard
F#/A#
Hope is a liar
B
D# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
C#
Kick it's backside
F#/A# B F#/A# C# F(9) F# /A# C#
Got no place in days like these