I’m Not That Girl
Wicked, Idina Menzel, 2003.
Wicked (film), Cynthia Erivo, 2024.
Writer: Stephen Schwartz
Producers: Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Oremus, Greg Wells
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Asus/D
A5/C#
A5/B
A5/C#
Asus/D
A5/C#
A5/B
Asus/D
Hands
A5/C#
touch,
A5/B
eyes
A5/C#
meet,
Asus/D
sudden
A5/C#
silence,
E/B
sudden
A
heat.
D/F#
Hearts
F#m
leap
in a
E/G#
giddy
D9
whirl
–
D
he could
E/G#
be that boy,
C#m7
A/C#
Bm
but I’m
A/D
not that
Esus
girl.
E
Asus/D
Don’t
A5/C#
dream
A5/B
too
A5/C#
far,
Asus/D
don’t lose
A5/C#
sight
of
E/B
who you
A
are.
D/F#
Don’t re
F#m
member that
E/G#
rush of
D6/E
joy –
D
he could
E/G#
be that boy,
C#m7
A/C#
Bm7
I’m
A/D
not that girl.
A
F
Every so
Bb/D
often, we
Eb
long to steal
to the
Abmaj7/C
land of what-might-have-
Db9
been.
But
Em
that doesn’t
A/C#
soften the
F#7/A#
ache we
Bm
feel
when re
C
ality
Bsus
sets back
Asus/Bb
in…
E7/Bb
Asus/D
Blithe
A5/D
smile,
A5/B
lithe
A5/C#
limb,
Asus/D
she who’s
A5/C#
winsome,
E/B
she wins
A
him.
D/F#
Gold
F#m
hair with a
E/G#
gentle
D9
curl,
that’s the
E9/G#
girl hе
C#m7
chose,
A/C#
Bm7
and
A/D
heaven
Esus
knows
E
I’m not that girl.
Asus/D
A5/C#
A5/B
A5/C#
Asus/D
A5/C#
Asus/B
Asus/D
Don’t
A5/C#
wish,
A5/B
don’t
A5/C#
start,
Asus/D
wish
A5/C#
ing
only
E/B
wounds thе
A
heart.
D/F#
I was
F#m
n’t born for the
E/G#
rose and
D9
pearl.
D
There’s a
E/G#
girl I
C#m7
know,
A/C#
Bm7
he
A/D
loves her
Esus
so,
E
I’m not that
Asus/D
girl.
A5/C#
E/B