Title:  Picture Window
Music By Ben Folds
Lyrics By Nick Hornby

F(9 (133211@1)fr.)  C (x32010@1) 
 
G (320003@1)                             F(9 (133211@1)fr.)            C (x32010@1)    GThey (320003@1)checked into the hospital new year's eve 
                         F(9 (133211@1)fr.)                   C (x32010@1)    GNothing (320003@1)to be done about that
                          F(9 (133211@1)fr.)                  C (x32010@1)    GRainbows, (320003@1)daffodils; she's not na?ve
                          F(9 (133211@1)fr.)                  C (x32010@1)    GSymbolism's (320003@1)all crap

F (9 fr.)
There's a big picture window in their room
	            C (x32010@1)                GOn (320003@1)the ward, with a view of a parliament hill
        Dm7(4)           F(9 (133211@1)fr.)     C (x32010@1)    
But the view offers more joy than they can afford
GWhen (320003@1)there's this much pain to kill

Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
GHope (320003@1)is a bastard
C/EHope (x3111x@5)is a liar
F (9 fr.)
A cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
GKick (320003@1)it's backside
C/E (x3111x@5)           F(9 (133211@1)fr.)              C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)   F(9) (101011@1)   C (x32010@1)    GGot (320003@1)no place in days like these

F(9 (133211@1)fr.)                 C (x32010@1)    
At dusk the darkness surrenders to color
       GAs (320003@1)the fireworks streak the sky
          F(9 (133211@1)fr.)                  CAnd (x32010@1)their window gives them the prettiest picture
       GTheir (320003@1)useless luck makes her wanna cry
F(9 (133211@1)fr.)                    CThen (x32010@1)it turns midnight, the shitty old year spent
   GAnother (320003@1)Mum gives her some sparkling wine
        F(9 (133211@1)fr.)         C (x32010@1)    
And she nearly gives in to the moment
           GBut (320003@1)she'll still be sick in 2009

Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
GHope (320003@1)is a bastard
C/EHope (x3111x@5)is a liar
F (9 fr.)
A cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
GKick (320003@1)it's backside
C/E (x3111x@5)           F(9 (133211@1)fr.)	         C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)  		
Got no place in days like these

Dm7(4)    G (320003@1)  Em (022000@1)  F (133211@1)(repeat 3 times)

Am7(4)                    C/GJust (3x555x@1)as she's thinking of pulling the blind down
F(9)/A                          Csus4A (x33010@1)rocket bursts in front of her eyes
Dm7(4)       
The city lit up like a crown on London
        C (x32010@1)                F(2 (133211@1)fr.)         F6And (15xxxx@1)she tries and fails to stop spirits rise

Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
GHope (320003@1)is a bastard
C/EHope (x3111x@5)is a liar
F (9 fr.)
A cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
GKick (320003@1)it's backside
C/E (x3111x@5)           F(9 (133211@1)fr.)			
Got no place in days like these

Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
GHope (320003@1)is a bastard
C/EHope (x3111x@5)is a liar
F (9 fr.)
A cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
GKick (320003@1)it's backside
C/E (x3111x@5)           F(9 (133211@1)fr.)	           C/E (x3111x@5)  G (320003@1)   F(9) (101011@1)   C/E (x32010@1)    GGot (320003@1)no place in days like these