Intro:
D D D D
Verse 1:
D D A G
A dustland fairytale beginning, just another white trash county kiss.
D D D D
Sixty-one, long brown hair and foolish eyes.
D D A G
He looked just like you�d want him to - some kind of slick chrome American prince.
A Bm Bm G G
A blue jean serenade, Moon River, what you do to me.
E E
But I don't believe you.
Chorus 1:
D D Em9/B Em9/B
Saw Cinderella in a party dress but she was looking for a nightgown.
A A D D/F#
I saw the devil wrapping up his hands, he�s getting ready for the showdown.
G D/F# (D/A#) Bm A D D
I saw the minute that I turned away, I got my money on a palm tonight.
Verse 2:
D D A G
The change came in disguise of revelation set his soul on fire.
D/A Em9/B D D
She says she always knew he'd come around.
D D Bm Bm
And the decades disappear like sinking ships that we persevere.
G G/B D D
God gives us hope, but we still fear, we don't know, the mind is poison.
Bm Bm G G
Castles in the sky sit stranded, vandalised.
E E
The drawbridge is closing.
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Chorus 2:
D/A D/A Em9/B Em9/B
Saw Cinderella in a party dress but she was looking for a nightgown.
A A D D/F#
I saw the devil wrapping up his hands, he�s getting ready for the showdown.
G D/F# (D/A#) Bm A D
I saw the ending when they turned the page, I threw my money and I ran away.
D/F# A
Straight to the valley of the great divide.
Middle Eight:
A D D (A) G
Out where the dreams all hide, out where the wind don�t blow.
G (A) Bm Bm (A) D
Out here the good girls die, and the sky won�t snow.
D (A) G G (A) G
Out here the bird don't sing, out here the field don't grow.
G (A) Bm B7 E E7
Out here the bell don't ring, out here the bell don't ring.
G G D/A
Out here the good girls die.
Outro:
D/A Em9/B Em9/B
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep, it�s such a bitter form of refuge.
A A D D/F#
Oh don't you know the kingdom�s under siege? And everybody needs you.
G D/F# (D/A#) Bm A D
Is there still magic in the midnight sun? Or did you leave it back in sixty-one?
D/F# G G (A) D
In the cadence of the young man�s eyes, and where the dreams roll high.
NB: Chords not in brackets fall on the first beat of the bar
Chords in brackets are optional and fall on the third beat of the bar
