[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. 

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