Fairytale

"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

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