Stepsisters' Lament chords by Cécile McLorin Salvant
Verse 1
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Why should a fella want a girl like her?
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Fm
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A frail and fluffy beauty?
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Why can't a fella ever once prefer
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Fm
Eb
Ab
A solid girl like me?
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She's a frothy little
Verse 2
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Fm
bubble
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With a flimsy kind of air
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And with very little trouble
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Cm
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I could pull out all her hair
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Oh oh
Verse 3
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why would a
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fella want a girl like her?
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A girl who's so unusual?
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Why can't a fella ever once prefer
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Ab
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A usual girl like me?!
Verse 4
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Her cheeks are a pretty shade of pink
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But not any pinker than a rose is
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Her skin may be delicate and soft
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But not any softer that a doe's is
Verse 5
Cm
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Her neck is no longer that a swan's
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She's only as dainty as a daisy
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Cm
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She's only as graceful as a bird
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So why is the fella going crazy?
Verse 6
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Oh why would a fella want a girl like her
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A girl who's merely lovely?
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Why can't a fella ever once prefer
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Eb
Ab
A girl who's merely me?
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She's a frothy little
Verse 7
Fm
bubble
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Eb
Ab
With a frilly kind of charm
Fm
And with very little trouble
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Bdim
Cm
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Bbm
I could break her little arm
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Oh, oh,
Verse 8
Ab
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why would a fella want a girl like her
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Ab
Fm
Bbm
Db
A girl who's merely lovely?
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Why can't a fella ever once prefer
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Ab
Fm
Eb
Ab
A girl who's merely me?
Verse 9
What's the matter with the man?
Fm
Ab
What's the matter with the man?
Eb
What's the matter with the man?
Outro 1
Ab
Eb
Stepsisters' Lament
Cécile McLorin Salvant
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