No Good Deed
Idina Menzel, Wicked, 2003.
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good, 2025.
Writer: Stephen Schwartz
Producers: Greg Wells, Stephen Oremus, Stephen Schwartz (2025)
Labels: Decca Broadway (2003), Republic, Verve (2025)
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Note: This is a work in progress. I have triple checked it but there may be some mistakes.
Opener
C5
Csus/Bb
F7(no3)/Ab
Bb/G
Cm/F
Bb/Eb
F/D
C5
Csus/Bb
F7(no3)/Ab
Bb/G
Cm/F
Bb/Eb
F/D
Bm/C
Fm(b5)/Bb
Gaug/Ab
G5(b2)
Eleka nahmen nahmen
ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen.
Eleka nahmen nahmen
ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen.
C5
Let his
Csus/Bb
flesh
Fm7/A
not be
Bb/G
torn,
Cm/F
let his
Bb/E
blood
Fm/D
leave no
Cm
stain,
though they
Csus/Bb
beat
him
Fm7/A
let
Bb/G
him
Cm/F
feel
no
Bb/E
pain.
Fm/D
Gm/C
Fsus(no5)/Bb
C#5
Let his
C#sus/B
bones
F#m7/A
never
B/G#
break
C#m/F#
and how
B/E
ever they
C#5
try
to des
C#sus/B
troy
him
F#m7/A
let
B/G#
him
C#m/F#
never
B/E
die,
F#m/D#
let
E/C#
him
C#m/B
never
Fm
die…
Abmaj7(no5)/G
Amaj7(no5)/G#
Eleka nahmen nahmen
ah tum ah tum eleka nahmen.
Eleka nahmen nahmen
ah tum ah tum eleka eleka.
D5
What good is this
Dsus/C
chanting?
Dm/Bb
I
C/A
don’t even
Dm/G
know what I’m
C/F
reading
Gm/E
I
D5
don’t even know what
Dsus/C
trick I
Gm7/Bb
ought to
C/A
try
Dm/G
C/F
Gm/E
D#5
Fiyero, where
D#sus/Db
are you?
D#m/B
Db/Bb
Already
Ebm/Ab
dead or
Db/Gb
bleeding?
B/F
D#m
One more di
D#sus/C#
saster
D#m/B
I can
Fm7/Bb
add to
Gm
my
Eb5/Gb
generous
sup
Dadd2/B
ply.
Dadd2/B
A/D
Asus2/G#
Amaj7/C#
F#maj7(no5)/B
Dadd2
A/D
D(b6)/G
E/F#
Dadd2/B
No good
A/D
deed goes un
Asus2/G#
punished,
Amaj7/C#
Dadd2/B
no act of
A/D
charity goes
D7(b6)/G
unres
Bbaug/G
ented,
E/F#
Dadd2/B
no good
A/D
deed goes un
Eadd2
punished.
B/G#
That’s my new
F#/D#
creed,
C#m
C#m/A#
G#m
my road of good
E
intentions
F#(add4)/A#
led where such roads
B5/D#
alw
E5/G#
ays lead –
A(add2)
no good deed
Bsus/G
Bsus/F#
goes un
Dadd2/B
punished.
A/D
Asus2/G#
B7(no3)/G#
Amaj7/C#
B(add2)/G#
F#
F#/D#
B(add2)/G#
F#
F#/D#
B(add2)/G#
Nessa
F#/B
F#sus2/F
C#/A#
Doctor
B(add2)/G#
Dillamond
F#/B
F#(sus2)/F
C#/A#
Fi
G#m/E
ye
G#m
F#(add4)
ro
B/E
G#m/E
F#add4
B/E
Fi
Bb5
ye
Gb5/Bb
Absus/Bb
ro
Ab/Bb
Ab/F
Bb5
Gb5/Bb
Absus/Bb
Ab/Bb
Ab/F
Bbm
One question
Gbsus2
haunts and hurts,
Absus
too much,
Fm7
too much to
Fmaug
men
Fm
tion.
Bbm
Was I really
Gb
seeking
good
Absus
or just seeking att
A(b5)/A
ention?
G#5
C#m
Is that all
Amaj7
good deeds are
when
Esus2/B
looked at with an ice
E/G#
– cold
Aadd2
eye?
Dm
If that’s all
Bb
good deeds are
Csus
maybe that’s the rea
Csus2
son
C
F#5
why…
F#susb2
Bm
No good
A/D
deed goes un
Asus2/G#
punished,
Amaj7/C#
F#m7(no5)/B
all helpful
A/D
urges should be
D(b6)/G
circ
F#6
um
E/F#
vented,
C7sus4
no good
Bb/Eb
deed goes un
Bbadd2/A
punished.
Bbmaj7/D
C7sus4
Sure,
Eb(add2)/C
I meant well –
Bb/Eb
well, look at
G#m(maj7)
what well-meant did.
D#m
All right, enough,
D#m/B
so be it
Gb(no5)/B
Db5/F
So be it
A#(add2)/Bb
then.
Bbm
Let all Oz
Gbsus2
be
agreed,
Dbsus2/Ab
I’m wicked through and
C#m
through.
And since I
Asus2
can’t
succeed,
Badd4
Fiyero, saving
Em
you,
I promise
C5
no good deed,
C5/A
will I attempt to do a
Asus2/F#
gain,
ever ag
Esus/F
ain.
A7(no5)/E
No good
G/D
deed
C#dim7
will
F#m
I
F#5
do
ag
B5
ain
B
Esus/G#
Amaj7/C#
Bm/G
Dsus2/A
B5