Ted Bond - The Hypothetical Song

[F]Pu[Gm]t forward in solitude
[C]Sm[F]all words of petition
[Dm]It'[Gm]s something creating you
[C]An[F]d maybe that something will care

[Dm]Wha[Gm]t useless soliloquy
[C]Wi[F]th[C]out recognition
[Dm]If [Gm]someone was listening
[C]Yo[F]u wouldn't have offered the prayer

[A]Bu[Dm]t you're waiting for someone else
[C]To[F] validate your existance
[A]Yo[Dm]u're praying for a man to come
[Bb]Ina[F]ug[C]urate your happy and meaningful life

[A]Ti[Dm]ll then you've just that single hope
[C]To[F] m[C]otivate your persistance
[Dm]In [C]holding your own
[Bb]In [F]living alone

[A]Bu[Dm]t what if he never comes
[Gm]Wha[C]t [F]if your fate is eternal seclusion
[Dm]Wou[Gm]ld it feel good to complain about being a woman
[C]In[F] a mans world
[Dm]Wha[Gm]t if you never fell in love
[C]Wh[F]at if live suddenly wasn't over
[Gm]Wha[Bb]t if you woke up one morning instead
[A]In[Dm] old womens clothing, grey hair on your head
[Gm]Wet-nursed and spoon-fed
[C]Al[F]one in your bed

[Gm]These thoughts are your contract
[C]Yo[F]ur pact with anxiety
[Dm]Sam[Gm]e that give you purpose
[C]Ol[F]d satisfaction, fulfillment and joy

[Dm]Sel[Gm]f-pity prohibits you
[C]Fr[F]om[C] finding security
[Dm]You[Gm] ca[C]n't be a woman when you're still girl
[F]In want of a boy

[A]An[Dm]d it's a bitter brand of comedy
[C]Th[F]at marks your pain and tension
[A]Wh[Dm]en the faith that finds you on your knee
[Bb]Has[F] n[C]ot the strenght to pull you to your knee
[A]An[Dm]d you're defining fantasy
[C]Sp[F]ea[C]ks only condescension
[Dm]'Ca[C]use you're still alone
[Bb]Sti[F]ll holding your own

[A]Bu[Dm]t what if he never comes
[Gm]Wha[C]t [F]if your fate is eternal seclusion
[Dm]Wha[Gm]t if your life goes unshared and unwitnessed
[C]Wh[F]at if you grow up to be an old maid
[Dm]Wha[Gm]t if your waiting for life to begin
[C]Wh[F]en really you're waiting for nothing at all
[Gm]Wha[E]t if you wake up one morning instead
[Am]Alo[A]ne in your bed

[Dm]What if you find a man
[G]But you're still alone
[C]No longer a virgin
[F]But you're still unknown
[Bb]He's only met your needs
[Gm]With needs of his own
[Am]Is that what you've been waiting for

[A]Wh[Dm]at if you find the one
[G]Whose strength would see it through
[C]Only to find
[F]He's just as weak as you
[Bb]One lonely child
[Gm]Has now become two
[Am]Is [A]th[Asus4]at what you've been praying for

[Dm]  [D]  [Gm]  [G]  [C]  [C]  [Am]  [A]

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[Dm]But[Gm] what if somebody was trying to tell you
[C]Yo[F]u were the reason that he was a man
[Dm]Yeah, but you wouldn't listen
[Gm]You[C] w[F]ere to wrapped up in your own defeat
[Dm]He suffers your rejection
[Gm]It'[C]s [F]amazing what the mind constitutes and discretes
[Gm]And[Bb] what if life is waiting in front of your nose
[A]But you hadn't noticed
[Dm]Cause your eyes are closed
[Gm]You're debating opposed
[C]To[F] the one who loves you most

Chords from the old Craig's Brother forum, circa 2003. First version by Fat Pete.