"Fairytale"
by Sara Bareilles

Capo 1


G (320003@1)                 FCinderella's (133211@1)on her bedroom floor

She's got a
F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)    CCrush (x32010@1)on the guy at the liquor store
G (320003@1)                           FCause (133211@1)Mr. Charming don't come home anymore
F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)    CAnd (x32010@1)she forgets why she came here
G (320003@1)                    FSleeping (133211@1)Beauty's in a foul mood

For shame she says
F (133211@1)                            C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)    CNone (x32010@1)for you dear prince, I'm tired today
G (320003@1)                 FI'd (133211@1)rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me
     C (x32010@1)  Ffrom (133211@1)dreaming

[Chorus:]
F (133211@1)E (022100@1)   Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)E (022100@1)AmI (x02210@1)don't care for your fairytales
           Dm (xx0231@1)					  AmYou're (x02210@1)so worried about the maiden though you know
                           F (133211@1)  E (022100@1)  AmShe's (x02210@1)only waiting on the next best thing
E (022100@1)         F (133211@1)Cnext (x32010@1)best thing

G (320003@1)		 FSnow (133211@1)White is doing dishes again cause
	FWhat (133211@1)else could you do
 		  C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)  CWith (x32010@1)seven itty-bitty men?
G (320003@1)                       FSends (133211@1)them to bed and she calls up a friend
F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)        CSays (x32010@1)will you meet me at midnight?
G (320003@1)                        FThe (133211@1)tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
F (133211@1)                                C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)   CWould (x32010@1)have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
G (320003@1)                        FI'll (133211@1)have to find another tower somewhere and keep away
	    C (x32010@1) Ffrom (133211@1)the windows

[Chorus]

Am (x02210@1)                  DmOnce (xx0231@1)upon a time in a faraway kingdom
F (133211@1)                                        EMan (022100@1)made up a story said that I should believe him
Am (x02210@1)              E (022100@1)                     CGo (x32010@1)and tell your white knight that he's handsome in
Dhindsight (xx0232@1)    F (133211@1)                    C (x32010@1)  FBut (133211@1)I don't want the next best thing
      ESo (022100@1)I sing
   Am (x02210@1)E (022100@1)F (133211@1)              Am (x02210@1)  E (022100@1)   FI (133211@1)hold my head down and I break these walls round me
F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)          FCan't (133211@1)take no more of your fairytale love


FE      AmI (x02210@1)don't care
         F (133211@1) E (022100@1)DmFor (xx0231@1)your fairytales
           Dm (xx0231@1)                               AmYou're (x02210@1)so worried bout the maiden though you know
                           F (133211@1)   E (022100@1)  AmShe's (x02210@1)only waiting on the next best thing
F (133211@1)E (022100@1)   Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)E (022100@1)   DmI (xx0231@1)don't care, I don't care
DmWorried (xx0231@1)bout the maiden
        AmOh (x02210@1)you know she's only waiting
           Fspent (133211@1)her whole life being
E (022100@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)         Am (x02210@1)           Fgraded (133211@1)on the sanctity of patience and a dumb
       AmAppreciation (x02210@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)                           Am (x02210@1)          DmBut (xx0231@1)the story needs some mending and a better happy ending
      F (133211@1)                    C (x32010@1)  FCause (133211@1)I don't want the next best thing
Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)               E (022100@1)       AmNo (x02210@1)no I don't want the next best thing