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.
Bm7(add4)
A/D
Asus2/G#
Amaj7/C#
F#maj7(no5)/B
Dadd2
A/D
D(b6)/G
E/F#
Bm7(add4)
No good
A/D
deed goes un
Esus/G#
punished,
Amaj7/C#
Bm7(add4)
no act of
A/D
charity goes
Gm(maj9)#11
unres
E/F#
Bm7(add4)
no good
A/D
deed goes un
E9
punished.
Emaj9/G#
That’s my new
D#m7
creed,
C#/D#
A#m7/D#
G#m
my road of good
E
intentions
F#(add4)/A#
led where such roads
B/D#
alw
E/G#
ays lead –
A9
no good deed
Gmaj7(add6)
F#7sus
goes un
Bm7(add4)
punished.
A/D
Esus/G#
Amaj7/C#
G#m7(add4)
F#/G#
D#m7/G#
G#m7(add4)
F#/G#
D#m7/G#
G#m7(add4)
Nessa
F#/B
C#sus/F
A#m7
Doctor
G#m7(add4)
Dillamond
F#/B
C#sus/F
A#m7
Fi
Emaj7
ye
F#(add4)/E
ro
B/E
Emaj7
F#(add4)/E
B/E
Fi
Bbm
ye
Gbmaj9/Bb
Ab(add4)/Bb
ro
Bbm
Gbmaj9/Bb
Ab(add4)/Bb
Bbm
One question
Gbsus2
haunts and hurts,
Absus
too much,
Dbsus2
too much to
Fmaug
men
Fm
tion.
Bbm
Was I really
Gbsus2
seeking
good
Absus
or just seeking att
A(b5)
ention?
G#5
C#m
Is that all
Amaj7
good deeds are
when
Bsus
looked at with an ice
Emaj7/G#
– cold
A9
eye?
Dm
If that’s all
Bb
good deeds are
Csus
maybe that’s the rea
Csus2
son
C
F#5
why…
F#sus(b2)
Bm7(add4)
No good
A/D
deed goes un
Esus/G#
punished,
Amaj7/C#
Bm7(add4)
all helpful
A/D
urges should be
Gm(maj9)#4
circ
F#6
um
E/F#
vented,
Cm7(add4)
no good
Bb/Eb
deed goes un
Bbadd2/A
punished.
Bbmaj7/D
Cm7(add4)
Sure,
Eb(add2)/C
I meant well –
Bb/Eb
well, look at
G#m(maj7)
what well-meant did.
D#m
All right, enough,
Bmaj7
so be it
Gb(no5)/B
Db/F
So be it
A#(add2)/Bb
then.
Bbm
Let all Oz
Gbsus2
be
agreed,
Absus
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,
Am7(no5)
will I attempt to do a
Bm7(add4)/F#
gain,
ever ag
Fmaj7(b5)
ain.
A7(no5)/E
No good
G/D
deed
C#dim7
will
F#m
I
F#5
do
ag
Bm7(add4)
ain
A/D
Esus/G#
Amaj7/C#
Gmaj7
Asus
F#m7
B5