“For Good” Performed by Idina Menzel (Elphaba) & Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda) From “Wicked”- music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Tabbed by Robin Young Chords (there are like a jillion): Ab: 466544 Am: X02210 Am(add2): X02410 Am7: X02010 Am/E: XX2210 Bb: X13331 Bb6: X1303X Bbadd9: XX8768 Bbsus: X13341 Bbsus2: X13311 C: X32010 C(add2): X30010 Csus4/Bb: X1X011 C5: X355XX C/E: XX2010 C/F: XX3553 D/F#: 20023X Dm7: XX0211 Dm7/F: 1X0211 Dm7(add4): X5X563 Dm7(no5): X5X56X Ebmaj7/G: 3X133X Ebmaj7(no3)/Ab: 4X133X Eb/Ab: XX6886 Em: 022000 Em7: 022030 F: 133211 F(add2): XX3213 Fmaj9: 1X2010 F5: 133XXX F6/A: X03231 F6/9: XX3233 Fsus2: XX3011 Fsus2/A: X03011 Fsus2/Bb: X1X011 Fm(maj7): 132111 Fmaj7(no3)/Bb: 6X355X Fm7: 131111 Fm7(add4): 113141 Fm7/Bb: X11111 Fm9: XX3143 G: 320003 G5: 355XXX Gsus4: 355533 G/D: XX0003 G/F: XX3003 Gm7: 3X333X Intro: C5 - C/F (2x) F - G Glinda: C/E Fmaj9 I’ve heard it said F6/9 C/E That people come into our lives Fmaj9 For a rea- son F6/9 C/E Fsus2 G Bringing something we must learn C/E Fmaj9 And we are led F6/9 Em7 To those who help us most to grow Am7 If we let them D/F# Gsus4 G And we help them in re- turn C/E Fsus2 Well, I don’t know Fm(maj7) Am/E If I be-lieve that’s true Ab Ebmaj7(no3)/Ab But I know I’m who I am today Fm7 Eb/Ab Bbsus Be-cause I knew you Bb C/E Fsus2 Like a co-met pulled from orbit Fmaj7(no3)/Bb C As it pas- - - - - ses a sun C/E C/F Like a stream that meets a boulder Bbsus2 Fsus2/A G G/F Half- way through the wood C/E Dm7 Who can say Em7 Am(add2) If I’ve been changed for the bet- - -ter Fsus2 C/E F5 But because I knew you C/E Dm7 C/F G5 C C/F I have been changed for good Elphaba: G C/E Fmaj9 It well may be C That we will never meet again Em Fmaj9 In this life- time F6/9 C/E Fsus2 So let me say before we part G C/E Fmaj9 F6/9 So much of me Em7 Is made of what I learned from you Am7 You’ll be with me D/F# Gsus4 G Like a hand-print on my heart C/E Fsus2 And now whatever way Fm(maj7) Am Our stor- - ies end Ab Ebmaj7(no3)/Ab Ab I know you have rewritten mine Fm7 Eb/Ab Bbsus By be-ing my friend Bb C/E Fsus2 Like a ship blown from its mooring Fmaj7(no3)/Bb C By a wind off the sea C/E C/F Like a seed dropped by a sky-bird Bbadd9 F6/A G G/F In a dis- - tant wood C/E Dm7 Who can say Em7 Am7 If I’ve been changed for the bet-ter Fsus2 C/E But because I knew you Glinda: C/E Because I knew you Both: Dm7(add4) C/F G Fm7 I have been changed for good Elphaba: Fm9 Bb Ebmaj7/G And just to clear the air Fm7 I ask for-give-ness Fm9 For the things I’ve done Bb Bb/Ab Ebmaj7/G You blame me for Glinda: Gm7 Bb6 But then I guess we know Csus2 C/Bb F/A There’s blame to share Both: Ebmaj7(no3)/Ab And none of it seems Fm7(add4) Fm7/Bb Bb To mat- - - ter any-more (*NOTE ON THE FOLLOWING CHORUS: These two parts- Elphaba’s & Glinda’s- are sung at the same time, in a round-like Here’s how it looks, without the chords (Glinda is lines 1 & 3, Elphaba is lines 2 & 4): Like a comet pulled from or- -bit As it pas- ses a sun Like a ship blown from its moor-ing By a wind off the Like a steam that meets a boul- -der Halfway through the wood Sea Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood So basically, Elphaba starts on the word “pulled” in Glinda’s verse. Listen to the for help.*) Elphaba: Glinda: Bb/Ab C/E Fsus2 Csus4/Bb Like a com- et pulled from orbit Like a ship blown from its mooring Csus4/Bb C C As it pas- - ses a sun By a wind off the sea C/E Fsus2 Fsus2 Like a stream that meets a boulder Like a seed dropped Fsus2/Bb Fsus2/A G Fsus2/Bb Fsus2/A G G/F Half- - -way through the wood By a bird in the wood Both: C/E Dm7 Who can say Em7 Am7 If I’ve been changed for the bet-ter Fsus2 C/E I do be- lieve G/D Am I have been changed for the bet-ter Glinda: Fsus2 C/E And because I knew you Elphaba: Fsus2 C/E Because I knew you Both: Fsus2 C/E Because I knew you Dm7(no5) C/F Gsus4 C5 I have been changed C/F C5 C/F F(add2) G C(add2) For good