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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro:
   Ab Ebm7  Gb  Bbm
   Ab Ebm7  Gb  Db    Gb
 
Verse 1:
Ab                   Ebm7
Cinderella's on her bedroom floor She's got a
Gb                       Bbm
Crush on the guy at the liquor store
Ab                             Ebm7
Cause Mr. Charming don't come home anymore
Gb                       Db      Gb
And she forgets why she came here
Ab                      Ebm7
Sleeping Beauty's in a foul mood For shame she says
Gb                         Bbm
None for you dear prince, I'm tired today
Ab                   Ebm7             Gb             Db              Gb
I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming
 
Chorus:
Gb  Fsus4 Bbm   Ab  
I don't  care for your
Gb     Fsus4   Bbm
Fair - y   -  tales
Ab         Gb                 Fsus4             Bbm
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
           Ab              Gb    Fsus4 Bbm     Ab  
She's only waiting on the next best  thing
Dbsus2   Dbsus2        Bbm   Ab    Dbsus2 Dbsus2   
       next best thing
 
Verse 2:
Ab                   Ebm7
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
     Gb                            F7sus4 
What else could you do With seven itty-bitty men?
Ab                         Ebm7
Sends them to bed and she calls up a friend
               Gb            Db     Gb
Says would you meet me at midnight?
Ab                          Ebm7
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
           Gb                    F7sus4         Bbm  F7sus4 
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
Ab                         Ebm7                       Gb            Db    Gb
I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away from the windows
 
Chorus:
Gb  Fsus4 Bbm   Ab  
I don't  care for your
Gb     Fsus4   Bbm
Fair - y   -  tales
Ab         Gb                 Fsus4             Bbm
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
           Ab              Gb    Fsus4 Bbm     Ab  
She's only waiting on the next best  thing
Dbsus2   Dbsus2        Bbm   Ab    Dbsus2 Dbsus2   
       next best thing
 
Bridge:
 Bbm         Ab         Db5      Db5   
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom
Bbm            Ab               Db5           Db5   
Man made up a story said that I should believe him
Bbm               F7                     Db5           Eb7
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in hindsight
    Gb                     Db       Gb
But I don't want the next best thing So I sing
   Bbm   Ab     Dbsus2   Dbsus2   
I hold   my   head    down
      Bbm     Ab     Dbsus2  Dbsus2   
and I break these walls   round  me
Bbm         Ab      Dbsus2  Dbsus2   
Can't take no more
         Gb        Db    Gb
of your fairytale love
 
Chorus:
Gb  Fsus4 Bbm   Ab  
I don't  care for your
Gb     Fsus4   Bbm
Fair - y   -  tales
Ab         Gb                 Fsus4             Bbm
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
           Ab              Gb    Fsus4 Bbm     Ab  
She's only waiting on the next best  thing
 
Outro Chorus:
Gb  Fsus4   Bbm    Ab  
I  don't   care
Gb  Fsus4   Bbm    Ab  
I  don't   care
          Gb                 Fsus4             Bbm
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
      Ab  
She's only waiting
  Dbsus2      Dbsus2   
spent the whole life being   graded on
    Bbm       Ab                 Dbsus2  Dbsus2   
the sanctity of patience and a dumb  appreciation
        Bbm          Ab                  Dbsus2         Eb
But the story needs some mending and a better happy ending
      Gb                     Db    Gb
Cause I don't want the next best thing
       Gb                F       Bbm
No no I don't want the next best thing
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Album: Careful Confessions

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Biography

Sara Beth Bareilles (born December 7, 1979) is a Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter, pianist, Broadway composer, actress, and TV producer and writer. Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California, United States.

After graduating from UCLA in 2002, Bareilles performed at local bars and clubs. She issued two demos of mostly live tracks in 2003: The First One in April and The Summer Sessions in October.

In January 2004, Bareilles released her first studio album, Careful Confessions.

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