"Fairytale"
by Sara Bareilles
Capo 1
G F
Cinderella's on her bedroom floor
She's got a
F C F C
Crush on the guy at the liquor store
G F
Cause Mr. Charming don't come home anymore
F C F C
And she forgets why she came here
G F
Sleeping Beauty's in a foul mood
For shame she says
F C F C
None for you dear prince, I'm tired today
G F
I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me
C F
from dreaming
[Chorus:]
F E Am F E Am
I don't care for your fairytales
Dm Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
F E Am
She's only waiting on the next best thing
E F C
next best thing
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G F
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
F
What else could you do
C F C
With seven itty-bitty men?
G F
Sends them to bed and she calls up a friend
F C F C
Says will you meet me at midnight?
G F
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
F C F C
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
G F
I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away
C F
from the windows
[Chorus]
Am Dm
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom
F E
Man made up a story said that I should believe him
Am E C
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in
D
hindsight
F C F
But I don't want the next best thing
E
So I sing
Am E F Am E F
I hold my head down and I break these walls round me
F C D F
Can't take no more of your fairytale love
F E Am
I don't care
F E Dm
For your fairytales
Dm Am
You're so worried bout the maiden though you know
F E Am
She's only waiting on the next best thing
F E Am F E Dm
I don’t care, I don’t care
Dm
Worried bout the maiden
Am
Oh you know she’s only waiting
F
spent her whole life being
E Dm Am F
graded on the sanctity of patience and a dumb
Am
Appreciation
Dm Am Dm
But the story needs some mending and a better happy ending
F C F
Cause I don't want the next best thing
Am F E Am
No no I don't want the next best thing
