Sara Bareilles - Fairytale Chords & Tabs

 

Fairytale Chords & Tabs

Sara Bareilles Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Chords

Fairytale Chords

   
This is a really great song by Sara Bareilles.  The other chord versions come 
close, but I'm certain that this is the accurate chord progression of the song (or 
much closer to it)
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Fairytale - Sara Bareilles
Tuning -  Standard
Capo 1st Fret

Chords:
G - 320003
Dm7 - xx0211
F - 133211
Am - x02210
C/E - 032010
Esus4 - 022200
G/B - x20033 
Csus2 - x30033
Csus2/d - xx0033
Amsus - x02430  or  x02200 (gets a similar sound)
C5 - x30013
C5/d - xx0013
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Intro
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G Dm7  F  Am
G Dm7  F C/E  F

Verse 1
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G                   Dm7
Cinderella's on her bedroom floor She's got a
F                       Am
Crush on the guy at the liquor store
G                             Dm7
Cause Mr. Charming don't come home anymore
F                       C/E    F
And she forgets why she came here
G                      Dm7
Sleeping Beauty's in a foul mood For shame she says
F                         Am
None for you dear prince, I'm tired today
G                   Dm7             F             C/E            F
I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming

Chorus
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F  Esus4 Am   G/B      
I don't  care for your 
F     Esus4   Am    
Fair - y   -  tales
G/B       F                 Esus4             Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
           G/B            F    Esus4 Am     G/B  
She's only waiting on the next best  thing
Csus2   Csus2/d     Am   G/B  Csus2 Csus2/d
       next best thing

Verse 2
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G                   Dm7 
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
     F                            *Amsus
What else could you do With seven itty-bitty men?
G                         Dm7
Sends them to bed and she calls up a friend
               F            C/E   F
Says would you meet me at midnight?
G                          Dm7
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
           F                    *Amsus        Am  *Amsus
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
G                         Dm7                       F            C/E  F
I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away from the windows
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sara_bareilles/fairytale_crd_ver_3.html ]
Chorus
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F  Esus4 Am   G/B      
I don't  care for your 
F     Esus4   Am    
Fair - y   -  tales
G/B       F                 Esus4             Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
           G/B            F    Esus4 Am     G/B  
She's only waiting on the next best  thing
Csus2   Csus2/d     Am   G/B  Csus2 Csus2/d
       next best thing


Bridge
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 Am         G/B       C5      C5/d       
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom
Am            G/B             C5           C5/d
Man made up a story said that I should believe him
Am               G/B                    C5         d
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in hindsight
    F                     C/E     F
But I don't want the next best thing So I sing
   Am   G/B   Csus2   Csus2/d
I hold   my   head    down    
      Am     G/B   Csus2  Csus2/d
and I break these walls   round  me
Am         G/B    Csus2  Csus2/d                   
Can't take no more  
         F        C/E  F       
of your fairytale love


Chorus
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F  Esus4 Am   G/B      
I don't  care for your 
F     Esus4   Am    
Fair - y   -  tales
G/B       F                 Esus4             Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
           G/B            F    Esus4 Am     G/B  
She's only waiting on the next best  thing

Outro Chorus
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F  Esus4   Am    G/B
I  don't   care
F  Esus4   Am    G/B
I  don't   care
          F                 Esus4             Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
      G/B
She's only waiting
  Csus2      Csus2/d
spent the whole life being   graded on
    Am       G/B               Csus2  Csus2/d   
the sanctity of patience and a dumb  appreciation
        Am          G/B                Csus2         d
But the story needs some mending and a better happy ending
      F                     C/E  F
Cause I don't want the next best thing
       F                E       Am
No no I don't want the next best thing

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Really not that hard when you realize a lot of the suspended chord progressions 
are just walking the bass note.  

Leave comments and tell me what you think!