Beyond My Wildest Dreams
Sierra Boggess, The Little Mermaid (Broadway), 2008.
Writers: Glenn Slater, Alan Menken
Producer: Alen Menken
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Hop to Another SongF9 Oh, just C7look!
It’s F9like I’m in a storyC7book.
F9Oh, it’s C7bliss!
I A7dreamed that it would be
someDmwhat-
Gm7but Amnot
C7like… Fsusthis!
F Fsus
F Fsus Ab
Bb9Look over there,
some applause!
How very odd
and Am7what might they Fbe?
Fmaj7Something splendid, maybe?
Bb9Look over here!
Could you bust?
Isn’t it just
bedAm7azzling, dazing,
Dmutterly amazing,
Gsusgazing ’round, why G7you could Gm7cry!
Just F9seeing it Ffeels so good,
I’d C7scream if I only C7could!
I’d Bb9hoped and Fwished
and C7wanted so to F9be here.
Bb9Wished and Fprayed
and Aplanned it to a Dm“t.” Am
Bb9Prayed and Fwow,
just Alook – it’s really Dmme Amhere!
Bb9Walking around, Fmaj7strange as it seems,
Gm7somewhere beyond my Bb9wildC7est Fsusdreams!
F Fsus
F Fsus Ab
Bb9Look at her there,
looking ’round,
won’t make a sound)
(Just Am7keeps on Fgawking –
Fmaj7weird how she’s not talking!)
(Bb9Look at her stare…)
(Lucky miss!)
(Chosen like this
to Am7stay for dinner.)
(DmWhat does he see in her?)
(GsusHush now, girls – she’s G7simply Gm7shy!)
(Hmph!)
(Just F9picture the table Fchat!)
(One Csussided, if even C7that!)
Bb9 Fmaj7 Gm7
C9 Abmaj7 Gm7
Gm7
I’d Bb9hoped and Fwished
and C7wondered what I’d F9do here.
Bb9Wished and Fprayed
and Apictured what I’d Dmsee. Am
Bb9Prayed and Fwow,
my Aprayers are coming Dmtrue Amhere!
Bb9Look at it all, Fmaj7look how it gleams,
Gm7lovely beyond my Bb9wildC7est F9dreams…
Fmaj7Look – it’s Gm7him,
so Fmaj7handsome and refined and Gm7slim.
Fmaj7Sweet, sinGm7cere,
magA7nificent from head to Dmtoe,
Bband Gm7oh…
C7I’d A9hoped and E9wished
my A9life would feel enE9chanted!
A9Wished and E9prayed
the G#7fates would hear my C#mplea.
A9Prayed and Ewow,
my G#7prayers are more than C#7granG#mted!
A9Look at it all, Emaj7hall after hall,
F#m7perfect as you could A9please B7here!
A9Marvels galore Emaj7and even more,
F#m7gee did I mention A9he’s B7here?
A9And if – who knows? – Emaj7all of it goes,
F#m7past even these exB9tremes…
C#9 B9 C#9
F#m7Just look at me Emaj7and you will see
Asomeone beyond her A9wildest Esusdreams!
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