• Song:

    The Princess Who Saved Herself

  • Artist:

    Jonathan Coulton

intro riff
                                              x3
||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|-----|
||----------------------|--------------0-------||----------------------|-----|
||o------0---------0----|-------0----------0--o||-------0-------0------|--0--|
||o-2---------4---------|--5---------7---7----o||--2---------4-----4---|--0--|
||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|--2--|
||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|--3--|



C->D riff

|----------------------------|
|-----1-----------3----------|
|-----------0-----------0----|
|--------2-----------4-------|
|--3-----------5-------------|
|----------------------------|

This C->D riff appears throughout the song, marked with *.



C (x32010@1) DThere (xx0232@1)was a castle by a waterfall,
       C (x32010@1)            DWith (xx0232@1)a pink and purple wall,
      C (x32010@1)             G

And a princess living there.

                           C (x32010@1) D

She had no parents and was all alone,

    C (x32010@1)           DShe (xx0232@1)got by on her own,

        G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)    GAnd (320003@1)she liked it pretty well.


                          D
'Cause (xx0232@1)she never wore her socks,

              GShe (320003@1)had a pet snake,

                 D (xx0232@1)     
She bought a red guitar,

                    EmAnd (022000@1)she ate a whole cake.


                    C (x32010@1)                            D

And there wasn't anybody there to tell her what to do,
       D7 (xx0212@1)         C (x32010@1)    A

So she did what she wanted to.

     C (x32010@1)                        D7 (xx0212@1)          C (x32010@1)    DEverybody (xx0232@1)knew the story of the princess who saved herself.

 C (x32010@1)         D(Princess (xx0232@1)who saved herself)

 C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)        G(Princess (320003@1)who saved herself)


C      D

There was a dragon with a pointy tail,

       C (x32010@1)           DHe (xx0232@1)was bigger than a whale,
        C (x32010@1)               G
And (320003@1)his breath was terrible.
                               
                              *C     D

He scared the princess when he came around,

         C (x32010@1)             DTried (xx0232@1)to burn the castle down,

        G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1) GBut (320003@1)she caught him by his tail.


D

Then she tied him to a tree,

                       GSo (320003@1)the dragon couldn't fly,
                    D

She told him he was mean,

                       EmAnd (022000@1)it made the dragon cry.


                  C (x32010@1)                           D

When he finally apologized she offered him some tea,

   D7 (xx0212@1)            AHe (x02220@1)accepted it graciously.
       C (x32010@1)                           D7 (xx0212@1)                C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D

Now he visits every weekend with the princess who saved herself.
 C (x32010@1)         D

(Princess who saved herself)
 C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)      Eb

(Princess who saved herself)



(Bridge phone conversation...)


G (320003@1)                          C (x32010@1)  D

There was a witch who was an evil queen,

        C (x32010@1)              DShe (xx0232@1)was wrinkled old and green,

        C (x32010@1)            GAnd (320003@1)she hated everyone.

                            C (x32010@1)     D
She (xx0232@1)saw the princess in her silver gown,

        C (x32010@1)         DPut (xx0232@1)the poison apple down,

          G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Asked her where she bought her clothes.


D
So (xx0232@1)they got the witch a dress,

                        GPut (320003@1)some make-up on her face,

                  DThey (xx0232@1)started up a band,

                          EmAnd (022000@1)the dragon played the bass.


C (x32010@1)                             D
Every (xx0232@1)Saturday they play until their fingertips are sore,
       D7 (xx0212@1)        C (x32010@1)      A

Mostly Math Rock and Cuddle Core.
         C (x32010@1)                                D7 (xx0212@1)                  CD
 (x32010@1)And they call themselves The Kingdom Of The Princess Who Saved Herself.

 C (x32010@1)          D(Princess (xx0232@1)who saved herself)
 C (x32010@1)          D

(Princess who saved herself)

 C (x32010@1)             D

The princess who saved herself.

 C (x32010@1)          D(Princess (xx0232@1)who saved herself)

 C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)           G(Princess (320003@1)who saved herself)
Show more