Jonathan Coulton - The Princess Who Saved Herself

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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 ,
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 )
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( 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 .

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( princess who saved herself )
C D 

( princess who saved herself ) 

C D 

the princess who saved herself .

 C D
( princess who saved herself )

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( princess who saved herself )