For Good
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, Wicked, 2003.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good, 2025.
Writer: Stephen Schwartz
Producer: Stephen Schwartz
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Elphaba:
Asus2
I’m limited,
just look at me –
C#m
I’m
A
li
B
-mi
Emaj7
ted.
And just look at
Amaj9
you, you can do
F#6/G#
all I couldn’t
G#sus/C#
do,
F#m7(b5)/A
Glinda.
E/B
Eaug/B
So
F#m7(add4)
now it’s up to
G#7sus
you,
G#7
for both of us.
Dmaj7(#4)
Now it’s up to
Db5
you…
Db/Gb
Db5
Db/Gb
Gb
Ab
Glinda
I’ve
Db/F
heard it
Gbmaj9
said
Gb6/Ab
that people
Db/F
come into our lives
for a
Gbmaj9
reason,
Gb6/Ab
bringing
Db5/F
something
Gbsus2
we must
Ab
learn.
And
Db/F
we are
Gbmaj9
led
Gb6/Ab
to those who
Fm7
help us most to grow,
if we
Bbm7
let
them
and we
Eb/G
help them in
Absus
return.
Ab
Db/F
Well, I
Gbsus2
don’t know if I bel
Gbm(maj7)
ieve that’s t
Bbm/F
rue,
but I
A
know
Emaj7(no3)/A
I’m who I am today
be
F#m7
cause I
E/A
knew
you.
Bsus
B
Like a
Db/F
comet pulled
Gbsus2
from
orbit
as it
Gbmaj7(no3)/B
passes a
Db
sun,
like a
Db/F
stream that meets
Db/Gb
a
boulder
Bsus2
halfway
Gbsus2/Bb
through the
Ab
wood,
Ab/Gb
Db/F
who can
Ebm7
say if I’ve been
Fm7
changed for the
Bbm(add2)
better?
But
Gbsus2
because
Db/F
I knew you,
Gb5
Db/F
Ebm7
I have
Db/Gb
been
Ab5
changed for
Db
good.
Db/Gb
Elphaba:
Ab
It
Db/F
well may
Gbmaj9
be
Ebm7/Gb
that we will
Db
never meet again
Fm
in this
Gbmaj9
lifetime,
Gb6/Ab
so let me
Db/F
say
bef
Gbsus2
-ore we part.
Ab
So
Db/F
much of
Gbmaj9
me
Gb6/Ab
is made of
Fm7
what I learned from you,
you’ll
Bbm7
be with me,
like a
Eb/G
handprint on my
Absus
heart.
Ab
Db/F
And now
Gbsus2
whatever way our
Gbm(maj7)
stories
Bbm
end,
I
A
know
Emaj7(no3)/A
you have re-written mine
A
by
F#m7
being
E/A
my
friend.
Bsus
B
Like a
Db/F
ship blown
Gbsus2
from its mooring
by a
Gbmaj9(no3)/B
wind off the
Db
sea,
like a
Db/F
seed dropped by
Db/Gb
a skybird
B9
in a dis
Gb6/Bb
-tant w
Ab
ood,
Ab/Gb
Db/F
who can
Ebm7
say if I’ve been
Fm7
changed for the
Bbm7
better?
But
Gbsus2
because
Db/F
I knew you,
Glinda:
Gb5
Because
Db/F
I knew you,
Both:
Ebm7(add4)
I have been
Db/Gb
changed
Ab
for
F#m7
good.
Elphaba:
And
F#m9
just to
B
clear the
Emaj7/G#
air,
I ask for
F#m7
giveness for the things I’ve done
F#m9
you
B
blame
B/A
me f
Emaj7/G#
or.
Glinda:
G#m7
But then,
B6
I guess we know there’s
C#sus
bla
C#/B
me to sh
F#/A#
are,
Both:
and
Emaj7(no3)/A
none of it seems to
F#m7(add4)
matter
any
F#m7/B
more
B
Glinda, Elphaba in (parentheses)
B/A
Like a co
Db/F
-met pulled
Gbsus2
from
orbit
(Like a ship blown)
as it
Dbsus/B
passes a
Db
sun,
(from its mooring) (by a wind off the)
like a
Db/F
stream that meets
Gbsus2
a
boulder
(sea,) (like a seed dropped by a)
Gbsus2/B
halfway
Gbsus2/Bb
through the
Ab
wood.
Ab/Gb
(bird) (in the wood.)
Both:
Db/F
Who can
Ebm7
say if I’ve been
Fm7
changed for the
Bbm7
better?
Gbsus2
I do
Db/F
believe I have been
Ab/Eb
changed for the
Bbm
better,
Bbm(add2)
Glinda:
Gbsus2
And because
Db/F
I knew you,
Elphaba:
Gbsus2
Because
Db/F
I knew you,
Both:
Gbsus2
Because I knew
Db/F
you,
Ebm7(no5)
I have been
Db/Gb
changed
Absus
Db5
Db/Gb
for
Db5
good.
Db/Gb
Gb(add2
Ab
Db(add2