Fairy Tale Ukulele Chords
Fairy Tale Ukulele by Sara Bareilles is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Dm7, F, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G Dm7
Cinderella's on her bedroom floor
Dm7
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 F
And she forgets why she came here
G Dm7
Sleeping Beauty's in a foul mood
Dm7
For shame she says
F Am
None for you dear prince I'm tired today
G Dm7 F C F
I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming
Am G F C Am G F
I don't care for your fairytales
G C
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
Dm7 Am G F
She's only waiting on the next best thing
F
next best thing
G
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
Dm7
What else could you do
F Am
With seven itty-bitty men
G Dm7
Sends them to bed and she calls up a friend
F C F
Says will you meet me at midnight
G Dm7
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
F Am
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
G Dm7 F C F
I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away from the windows
Chorus
G Dm7
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom
F Am
Man made up a story said that I should believe him
G Dm7
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in hindsight
F C F
But I don't want the next best thing
F
So I sing
G Dm7 F Am
I hold my head down and I break these walls round me
F Dm7
Can't take no more of your fairytale love
Am G F
I don't care
C Am G F
For your fairytales
G C
You're so worried bout the maiden though you know
Dm7
She's only waiting
Am
spent the whole life being
G F Am G
graded on the sanctity of patience and a dumb
F
Appreciation
Am G F Am
But the story needs some mending and a better happy ending
G F Am
Cause I don't want the next best thing
G F Am
No no I don't want the next best thing