Chord/Tab song: Picture Window

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

[F(9)] [C]

[G]They checked into the hospital n[F(9)]ew year's eve [C][G]
Nothing to be done about [F(9)]that[C][G]
Rainbows, daffodils; she's[F(9)] not nave[C][G]
Symbolism's all crap[F(9)][C][G]

There's a big picture window in their [F(9)]room
On the ward, with a [C]view of a parliament [G]hill
But the [Dm7(4)]view offers more [F(9)]joy than [C]they can afford
[G]When there's this much pain to kill

[Dm7(4)]You know what hope is?
[G]Hope is a bastard
[C/E]Hope is a liar
[F(9)]A cheat and a tease
[Dm7(4)]Hope comes near you?
[G]Kick it's backside
[C/E]Got no place in [F(9)]days like these[C][G][F(9)][C][G]

At dusk the darkness sur[F(9)]renders to color[C]
As the [G]fireworks streak the sky
And their [F(9)]window gives them the [C]prettiest picture
Their u[G]seless luck makes her wanna cry
[F(9)]Then it turns midnight, [C]the shitty old year spent
Ano[G]ther Mum gives her some sparkling wine
And she [F(9)]nearly gives [C]in to the moment
But she'll [G]still be sick in 2009

[Dm7(4)]You know what hope is?
[G]Hope is a bastard
[C/E]Hope is a liar
[F(9)]A cheat and a tease
[Dm7(4)]Hope comes near you?
[G]Kick it's backside
[C/E]Got no place in [F(9)]days like these[C][G]

Dm7(4) G Em F (repeat 3 times)

[Am7(4)]Just as she's thinking of [C/G]pulling the blind down
[F(9)/A]A rocket bursts in front of her [Csus]eyes
[Dm7(4)]The city lit up like a crown on London
And she [C]tries and fails to [F(2)]stop spirits [F6]rise

[Dm7(4)]You know what hope is?
[G]Hope is a bastard
[C/E]Hope is a liar
[F(9)]A cheat and a tease
[Dm7(4)]Hope comes near you?
[G]Kick it's backside
[C/E]Got no place in [F(9)]days like these

[Dm7(4)]You know what hope is?
[G]Hope is a bastard
[C/E]Hope is a liar
[F(9)]A cheat and a tease
[Dm7(4)]Hope comes near you?
[G]Kick it's backside
[C/E]Got no place in [F(9)]days like these[C/E][G][F(9)][C][/E][G]