The Princess Who Saved Herself

Jonathan Coulton

  • A
  • C
  • C-
  • D
  • D7
  • Eb
    3
  • Em
  • G
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C->D riff
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This C->D riff appears throughout the song, marked with *.
C D There was a castle by a waterfall,
C D With a pink and purple wall,
C G
 And a princess living there.
C D
 She had no parents and was all alone,
C D She got by on her own,

G C G And she liked it pretty well.
D 
'Cause she never wore her socks,
G She had a pet snake,
D She bought a red guitar,
Em And she ate a whole cake.
C D
 And there wasn't anybody there to tell her what to do,
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D7 C A
 So she did what she wanted to.

C D7 C D Everybody knew the story of the princess who saved herself.
C D (Princess who saved herself)
C D G (Princess who saved herself)

C D
 There was a dragon with a pointy tail,
C D He was bigger than a whale,
C G 
And his breath was terrible.

*C D
 He scared the princess when he came around,
C D Tried to burn the castle down,
G C G But she caught him by his tail.

D
 Then she tied him to a tree,
G So the dragon couldn't fly,
D
 She told him he was mean,
Em And it made the dragon cry. 

C D
 When he finally apologized she offered him some tea,
D7 A He accepted it graciously.
C D7 C D 
Now he visits every weekend with the princess who saved herself.
C D
 (Princess who saved herself)
C D Eb
 (Princess who saved herself)

 (Bridge phone conversation...)

G C D
 There was a witch who was an evil queen,
C D She was wrinkled old and green,
C G And she hated everyone.
C D 
She saw the princess in her silver gown,
C D Put the poison apple down,
G C D G Asked her where she bought her clothes.

D 
So they got the witch a dress,
G Put some make-up on her face,
D They started up a band,
Em And the dragon played the bass.

C D 
Every Saturday they play until their fingertips are sore,
D7 C A
 Mostly Math Rock and Cuddle Core.
C D7 C D
 And they call themselves The Kingdom Of The Princess Who Saved Herself.
C D (Princess who saved herself)
C D
 (Princess who saved herself)

C D
 The princess who saved herself.
C D (Princess who saved herself)
C D G (Princess who saved herself)
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