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Cin der el la’s on her (Em7)bed room floor.
She’s got a crush on a guy at the (Bm)liq uor store
’cause Mis ter Charm ing don’t come (Em7)home an y more, and she for (G)gets why she came (D)here.
Sleep ing Beau ty’s in a foul mood.
For shame, she says, (G)“None for you, dear prince; I’m (Bm)ti red to day.
I’d rath er sleep my whole life a way than have you (G)keep me from dream (D)ing.”
’Cause (G)I
(F#sus4)don’t care
(A)for your (G)fair
(F#sus4)y tales.
You’re so (G)wor ried ’bout the (F#sus4)maid en, though you (Bm)know she’s on ly (A)wait ing on the (G)next
(F#sus4)best thing.
Next best thing.
Snow White is do ing (Em7)dish es a gain ’cause what (G)else can you do with sev en it ty bit ty men?
Sends them to bed and she (Em7)call up a friend; says, “Would you (G)meet me at mid (D)night?”
Oh.
The tall blonde lets out a (Em7)cry of de spair; says, “Would have (G)cut it my self if I knew (Bm)men could climb
hair.
I’ll have to find an oth er (Em7)tow er some where and keep a (G)way from the win (D)dows.”
’Cause
Once up on a (A)time in a (D5)far a way king dom, man made up a (A)sto ry, said that (D5)I should be lieve him.
Go and tell your (A)white knight that he’s (D5)hand some in (Esus4)hind (E)sight, but (G)I don’t want the next best thing.
So I sing and (A)hold my
(Dsus2)head down and I (A)break these
(Dsus2)walls ’round me.
Can’t take (A)no more
of your (G)fair y tale love.
(G)I (F#sus4)don’t care
(A)for your (G)fair (F#sus4)y tales.
You’re so (G)wor ried ’bout the (F#sus4)maid en, though you (Bm)know she’s on ly (A)wait ing on the (G)next (F#sus4)best thing.
(G)I (F#sus4)don’t care.
(G)I (F#sus4)don’t care.
You (G)wor ry ’bout the (F#sus4)maid en, though you (Bm)know she’s on (A)ly wait ing.
Spent her (Dsus2)whole life be (Dsus2)ing grad ed on the (Bm)sanc ti ty (A)of pa tience and a (Dsus2)dumb ap pre ci (Dsus2)a tion.
But the (Bm)sto ry needs (A)some mend ing and a (Dsus2)bet ter hap py (E)end ing ’cause (G)I don’t want the next best thing.
No, no, I don’t want the next best (Bm)thing.
This page shows “Fairytale” by Sara Bareilles in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of B at 100 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.