"Fairytale"
by Sara Bareilles
CAPO 1
[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
