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Fairytale by Sara Bareilles

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)
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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
d - xx0033
Amsus - x02430 or x02200 (gets a similar sound)
C5 - x30013
d - xx0013
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Intro
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Am
F
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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.

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