Fairytale Chords & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles
Fairytale
guitar chords 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)
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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
Csus2/d - xx0033
Amsus - x02430 or x02200 (gets a similar sound)
C5 - x30013
C5/d - xx0013
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Intro
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G Dm7 F Am
G Dm7 F C/E F
Verse 1
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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
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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
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G Dm7
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
F *Amsus
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 *Amsus Am *Amsus
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
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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
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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 G/B C5 d
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
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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
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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
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Really not that hard when you realize a lot of the suspended chord progressions
are just walking the bass note.
Leave comments and tell me what you think!
