Fairytale chords by Sara Bareilles
Guitar chords with lyrics
This is a really great song by Sara Bareilles. The other chord versions come close, but I'm certain that this is the accurate chord progression of the song (or much closer to it) =============== 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 d - xx0033 Amsus - x02430 or x02200 (gets a similar sound) C5 - x30013 d - xx0013 ======= Intro ----- Am F
Verse 1
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Dm7
Cinderella's on her bedroom floor She's got a
Am
Crush on the guy at the liquor store
Dm7
Cause Mr. Charming don't come home anymore
F
And she forgets why she came here
Dm7
Sleeping Beauty's in a foul mood For shame she says
Am
None for you dear prince, I'm tired today
F
I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming
Chorus
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G/B
I don't care for your
Am
Fair - y - tales
Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
G/B
She's only waiting on the next best thing
d
next best thing
Verse 2
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Dm7
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
F *Amsus
What else could you do With seven itty-bitty men?
Dm7
Sends them to bed and she calls up a friend
F
Says would you meet me at midnight?
Dm7
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
Am *Amsus
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
F
I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away from the windows
Chorus
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G/B
I don't care for your
Am
Fair - y - tales
Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
G/B
She's only waiting on the next best thing
d
next best thing
Bridge
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d
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom
d
Man made up a story said that I should believe him
d
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in hindsight
F
But I don't want the next best thing So I sing
d
I hold my head down
d
and I break these walls round me
d
Can't take no more
F
of your fairytale love
Chorus
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G/B
I don't care for your
Am
Fair - y - tales
Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
G/B
She's only waiting on the next best thing
Outro Chorus
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G/B
I don't care
G/B
I don't care
Am
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
G/B
She's only waiting
d
spent the whole life being graded on
d
the sanctity of patience and a dumb appreciation
d
But the story needs some mending and a better happy ending
F
Cause I don't want the next best thing
Am
No no I don't want the next best thing
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Really not that hard when you realize a lot of the suspended chord progressions
are just walking the bass note. Last updated:
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