Sara Bareilles – Fairy Tale (Ukulele)

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"Fairytale" by Sara Bareilles
G                   Dm7
Cinderella's on her bedroom floor

Dm7
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    F
And she forgets why she came here

G                      Dm7
Sleeping Beauty's in a foul mood

Dm7
For shame she says

F                         Am
None for you dear prince I'm tired today

G                   Dm7             F             C            F
I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming
[Chorus:]
Am G    F    C        Am G  F
I don't care for your fairytales

G                                         C
You're so worried about the maiden though you know

Dm7                        Am  G    F
She's only waiting on the next best thing

F
next best thing

G
Snow White is doing dishes again cause

Dm7
What else could you do

     F                Am
With seven itty-bitty men

G                         Dm7
Sends them to bed and she calls up a friend

F                        C   F
Says will you meet me at midnight

G                          Dm7
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says

F                                  Am
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair

G                         Dm7                 F                  C  F
I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away from the windows
[Chorus]
G                             Dm7
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom

F                                Am
Man made up a story said that I should believe him

G                                       Dm7
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in hindsight

F                    C         F
But I don't want the next best thing

F
So I sing

   G            Dm7        F           Am
I hold my head down and I break these walls round me

F                          Dm7
Can't take no more of your fairytale love

Am G     F
I don't care

C        Am G  F
For your fairytales

G                                 C
You're so worried bout the maiden though you know

Dm7                
She's only waiting

Am
spent the whole life being

G             F           Am             G
graded on the sanctity of patience and a dumb

        F
Appreciation

        Am               G             F            Am
But the story needs some mending and a better happy ending

        G              F         Am
Cause I don't want the next best thing

        G              F         Am
No no I don't want the next best thing