Sara Bareilles – Fairytale (Guitar)

Capo 1
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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 E7/B x20100 D7 x5453x [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               E7/B                   C5           D7
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