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
E7sus4: x02430 or x02200 (gets a similar sound)
C5: x30013
C5/D: xx0013
[Intro]
G Dm7 F Am
G Dm7 F C/E F
[Verse 1]
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]
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]
G Dm7
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
F *E7sus4
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 *E7sus4 Am *E7sus4
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
[Chorus]
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]
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]
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]
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
