Fairy Tale de Lovett Lyle

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		   Fairy Tale???
Lyle Lovett

Lyle performed this (among other gems) on "Austin City Limits" on a
songwriters special with Willie Nelson and Rodney Crowell.  I don't
know if this is even the name, or if it is on one of his records.

Every line, except for the chorus, consists of the four-chord pattern
D9 - B7#9 - E9 - A7/6.  This was performed as more of a story than a
song, so the structure of the lyrics is kinda "free-form" at times.  The
chorus has a different feel to it, with the Em Fm F#m Gm sequence played
on the bottom three strings, then let the G7/6 ring.

  D9              B7#9            E9              A7/6
  ===========     ===========     ===========     ===========
4 | | @ | | |   6 | @ | | | |   6 | | @ | | |   5 @ | @ | | @
  -----------     -----------     -----------     -----------
5 | @ | @ @ @   7 @ | @ @ | |   7 | @ | @ @ @   6 | | | @ | |
  -----------     -----------     -----------     -----------
6 | | | | | |   8 | | | | | |   8 | | | | | |   7 | @ | | @ |
  -----------     -----------     -----------     -----------
7 | | | | | |   9 | | | | | |   9 | | | | | |   8 | | | | | |
  -----------     -----------     -----------     -----------



Once upon a time ago,
way up in the land of sleet and snow,
how this fairy tale would go
I could not have known.

I had searched around the world so mean,
from Livingston to Palestine,
trying to pursue my dream
of love

It was then I met this girl so fine,
she made me think so fast I left my thoughts behind
and I tried to pass for a
sophisticated, northern man.

I said "Why, yes, my dear, I know exactly what you mean,
because there's not so much I haven't done or seen,
and may I say your eyes are the loveliest
shade of jade."

  (Chorus):

  Em Fm F#m Gm   G7/6

				I said Come on, baby
  Em Fm F#m Gm   G7/6
				Come on, baby
  Em Fm F#m Gm   G7/6
				woo-oo-oo come on, baby
  E   A

It was then I knew I had made my first mistake.
She did not even start to wait.
And as she turned around to walk away
this is what she had to say:

She told me "Man I come from way down south,
I've got a picket fence with a picket house,
and I don't need no fast-talkin'
northern man like you around."

  (Chorus)

Honey, I don't know just what you heard,
but Alabama is my favorite word
and Birmingham is a
long way from here.

Well I could see her light begin to shine.
She turned back around, her eyes met mine
and suddenly the whole world became
a better place.

Even if it was only for an instant
because it was then I knew I had made
my second mistake.

She told me "Man, that was a real good try,
but Alabama's not where I reside.
I come from where the river's wide,
and the crawfish hide."

  (Chorus)

Honey, I don't know just what you heard,
but Louisiana is my favorite word,
and Now Orleans is a
long way from here.

She just looked at me and shook her head.
"Your lines are pretty sad," she said.
You are a lonely, weak, pathetic man
if this is doin' the best you can.

It was then I knew I had made my third mistake.
Three strikes, right across the plate,
and as I hollered "Honey, please wait"
she was gone.

  (Chorus)

Honey, I don't know just what you heard.
Bartender set 'em up are my favorite words
because the love I need is a
long way from here.

G there I sat so all alone
like a king who sits upon his throne
and whose kingdom may have just gone home
with another kingdom.

G as you can imagine, much to my suprise
when the door was flung back open wide.
It was a miracle, she walked inside
and pulled her chair up next to me.

(one line - chords only)

And that's when she knew she had made her first mistake.

  (Chorus - chords only, no vocal)

Honey, I don't know just what you heard,
but Come on, baby are my favorite words,
and where we're goin' is a
long way from here.
And where we're goin' is a
long way from here.

G like I said before, I could not have known
how this fairy tale would finally go
still the only certain thing for sure
is what I do not know.

G like the years and all the seasons pass
and like the sand runs through the hourglass
I just keep on running faster
chasing the happily I am ever after.

(one line - chords only)

I just keep on running faster
chasing the happily I am ever after.

(3 lines - chords only)
--
Scott A Anderson   Southern College of Technology   [email protected]