THE HYPOTHETICAL SONG by TED BOND. Album: Demo 2003 Strumming pattern is simple, just listen to the song

^FPu^Gmt forward in solitude ^CSm^Fall words of petition ^DmIt'^Gms something creating you ^CAn^Fd maybe that something will care

^DmWha^Gmt useless soliloquy ^CWi^Fth^Cout recognition ^DmIf ^Gmsomeone was listening ^CYo^Fu wouldn't have offered the prayer

^ABu^Dmt you're waiting for someone else ^CTo^F validate your existance ^AYo^Dmu're praying for a man to come ^BbIna^Fug^Curate your happy and meaningful life

^ATi^Dmll then you've just that single hope ^CTo^F m^Cotivate your persistance ^DmIn ^Cholding your own ^BbIn ^Fliving alone

^ABu^Dmt what if he never comes ^GmWha^Ct ^Fif your fate is eternal seclusion ^DmWou^Gmld it feel good to complain about being a woman ^CIn^F a mans world ^DmWha^Gmt if you never fell in love ^CWh^Fat if live suddenly wasn't over ^GmWha^Bbt if you woke up one morning instead ^AIn^Dm old womens clothing, grey hair on your head ^GmWet-nursed and spoon-fed ^CAl^Fone in your bed

^GmThese thoughts are your contract ^CYo^Fur pact with anxiety ^DmSam^Gme that give you purpose ^COl^Fd satisfaction, fulfillment and joy

^DmSel^Gmf-pity prohibits you ^CFr^Fom^C finding security ^DmYou^Gm ca^Cn't be a woman when you're still girl ^FIn want of a boy

^AAn^Dmd it's a bitter brand of comedy ^CTh^Fat marks your pain and tension ^AWh^Dmen the faith that finds you on your knee ^BbHas^F n^Cot the strenght to pull you to your knee ^AAn^Dmd you're defining fantasy ^CSp^Fea^Cks only condescension ^Dm'Ca^Cuse you're still alone ^BbSti^Fll holding your own

^ABu^Dmt what if he never comes ^GmWha^Ct ^Fif your fate is eternal seclusion ^DmWha^Gmt if your life goes unshared and unwitnessed ^CWh^Fat if you grow up to be an old maid ^DmWha^Gmt if your waiting for life to begin ^CWh^Fen really you're waiting for nothing at all ^GmWha^Et if you wake up one morning instead ^AmAlo^Ane in your bed

^DmWhat if you find a man ^GBut you're still alone ^CNo longer a virgin ^FBut you're still unknown ^BbHe's only met your needs ^GmWith needs of his own ^AmIs that what you've been waiting for

^AWh^Dmat if you find the one ^GWhose strength would see it through ^COnly to find ^FHe's just as weak as you ^BbOne lonely child ^GmHas now become two ^AmIs ^Ath^Asus4at what you've been praying for

Solo BG: Dm, D, Gm, G, C, C, Am, A e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3---3-5-7h8-7-5-3-5--5----------------------------------------------------| G|---2--------------------7p6-7----7h9-9--9h10--12----------6----10h9-7------| D|-------------------------------7-----------------9-10-7-----7---------7----| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----7h8-7-----10-10/11-10-8-----------------------------------------------| G|-7h9-------9-7---------------7--------7-9-9-7-9--9h10-12------------9-10-7-| D|-------------------------------9----9--------------------9-10-7------------| A|---------------------------------10-----------------------------7----------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------5--------|

^DmBut^Gm what if somebody was trying to tell you ^CYo^Fu were the reason that he was a man ^DmYeah, but you wouldn't listen ^GmYou^C w^Fere to wrapped up in your own defeat ^DmHe suffers your rejection ^GmIt'^Cs ^Famazing what the mind constitutes and discretes ^GmAnd^Bb what if life is waiting in front of your nose ^ABut you hadn't noticed ^DmCause your eyes are closed ^GmYou're debating opposed ^CTo^F the one who loves you most

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

Misc Unsigned Bands - Ted bond - the hypothetical song