Defying Gravity


Capo 1 to match recorded pitch Chords: For many of these I suggest reaching the thumb over instead of doing a barre. Whatever is comfortable. Also, you can substitute the standard version of these chords and it sounds fine. Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Fadd9 F* C* X X X X 5 4 3 2 3 1 0 8 7 6 5 7 6 5 4 1 1 1 9 8 7 6 6 5 4 3 2 0 0 9 8 7 6 7 6 5 4 3 3 0 X X X X 5 4 3 2 X 3 3 8 7 6 5 X 4 3 2 1 1 3 Cmaj7 I hope you're happy B I hope you're happy now Bbmaj7 I hope you're happy how you A Hurt your cause forever Bb B I hope you think you're clever Bmaj7 I hope you're happy Bb I hope you're happy too Amaj7 I hope you're proud how you Ab Would grovel in submission A Bb To feed your own ambition Bbmaj7 Dmaj7 So though I can't imagine how A I hope you're happy right now [-5-----------5-----] [-5-------------9-5-] [-6-----------------] [-7-----------------] [-7--------7--------] [-5—-5-4-5----------] (Elphie, listen to me - just say you're sorry...) Eb Ebsus2 Bb You can still be with the wizard Eb Ebsus2 Bb What you've worked and waited for Eb Bb You can have all you ever wanted Ebsus2 Bb C (I know...) But I don't want it - No - I can't want it anymore C F9 Something has changed within me C F* Something is not the same C F9 C I'm through with playing by the rules Bb Of someone else's game Bbsus2 C Too late for second-guessing Bbsus2 C Too late to go back to sleep Bb C It's time to trust my instincts F G Close my eyes and leap Am It's time to try F G Defying gravity Am I think I'll try F G Defying gravity C C* F F* And you can't pull me down C C* F F* Can't I make you understand, you're having delusions of grandeur...? C F* I'm through accepting limits C F* 'Cause someone says they're so C F* Some things I cannot change F Bb But 'till I try, I'll never know Bbsus2 C Too long I've been afraid of Bbsus2 C Losing love - I guess I've lost Bb C Well, if that's love F G It comes at much too high a cost Am I'd sooner buy F G Defying gravity Am Kiss me goodbye F G I'm defying gravity F* And you can't pull me down... Glinda, come with me. Think of what we could do - together. F C Unlimited F C Together we're unlimited Gm7 Em Together we'll be the greatest team F F9 F There's ever been, Glinda, C F Dreams the way we planned them C F If we work in tandem Bbsus2/F C#maj7 (Bbsus2/F) There's no fight we cannot win Am Just you and I F G Defying gravity Am With you and I F G Defying gravity F* They'll never bring us down G# (with fill from above 1/2 step down) (Well? Are you coming?) Cmaj7 I hope you're happy Bm Now that you're choosing this Bb (You too)- I hope it brings you bliss A I really hope you get it Bb And you don't live to regret it Bmaj7 Eb I hope you're happy in the end Eb Bb Bbsus4 C Csus4 I hope you're happy, my friend C So if you care to find me F* (F) Look to the western sky C G As someone told me lately F F* Bb Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly C Bb And if I'm flying solo C Bb At least I'm flying free C To those who'd ground me Bb G Take a message back from me Am Tell them how I F G Am defying gravity! Am I'm flying high F G Defying gravity! Am F* And soon I'll match them in renown C F* And nobody in all of Oz C F* No wizard that there is or was F G Am Is ever gonna bring me down! (I hope you're happy) F [Look at her she's wicked! Get her!] Am Bring me down! [No one mourns the wicked] F G Ab B C [So we've got to bring her down!]