Title: Picture Window
Music By Ben Folds
Lyrics By Nick Hornby
A# F
C A# F C
They checked into the hospital new year's eve
A# F C
Nothing to be done about that
A# F C
Rainbows, daffodils; she's not naïve
A# F C
Symbolism's all crap
A#
There's a big picture window in their room
F C
On the ward, with a view of a parliament hill
Dm7(4) A# 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
A#
D cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
C
Kick it's backside
F/A A# F C F(9) F C
Got no place in days like these
A# F
At dusk the darkness surrenders to color
C
As the fireworks streak the sky
A# F
And their window gives them the prettiest picture
C
Their useless luck makes her wanna cry
A# F
Then it turns midnight, the shitty old year spent
C
Another Mum gives her some sparkling wine
A# 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
A#
D cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
C
Kick it's backside
F/A A# F C
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4) C Am A# (repeat 3 times)
Am7(4) F/C
Just as she's thinking of pulling the blind down
F(9)/D Fsus
D rocket bursts in front of her eyes
Dm7(4)
The city lit up like a crown on London
F A# A#6
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
A#
D cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
C
Kick it's backside
F/A A#
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
A#
D cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
C
Kick it's backside
F/A A# F/A C F(9) F /A C
Got no place in days like these