Title: Picture Window
Music By Ben Folds
Lyrics By Nick Hornby
A E
B A E B
They checked into the hospital new year's eve
A E B
Nothing to be done about that
A E B
Rainbows, daffodils; she's not naïve
A E B
Symbolism's all crap
A
There's a big picture window in their room
E B
On the ward, with a view of a parliament hill
Dm7(4) A E
But the view offers more joy than they can afford
B
When there's this much pain to kill
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
B
Hope is a bastard
E/G#
Hope is a liar
A
C# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
B
Kick it's backside
E/G# A E B F(9) E B
Got no place in days like these
A E
At dusk the darkness surrenders to color
B
As the fireworks streak the sky
A E
And their window gives them the prettiest picture
B
Their useless luck makes her wanna cry
A E
Then it turns midnight, the shitty old year spent
B
Another Mum gives her some sparkling wine
A E
And she nearly gives in to the moment
B
But she'll still be sick in 2009
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
B
Hope is a bastard
E/G#
Hope is a liar
A
C# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
B
Kick it's backside
E/G# A E B
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4) B G#m A (repeat 3 times)
Am7(4) E/B
Just as she's thinking of pulling the blind down
F(9)/C# Esus
C# rocket bursts in front of her eyes
Dm7(4)
The city lit up like a crown on London
E A A6
And she tries and fails to stop spirits rise
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
B
Hope is a bastard
E/G#
Hope is a liar
A
C# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
B
Kick it's backside
E/G# A
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
B
Hope is a bastard
E/G#
Hope is a liar
A
C# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
B
Kick it's backside
E/G# A E/G# B F(9) E /G# B
Got no place in days like these