“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
Bb(add9): XX8768
Bbsus: X13341
Bbsus2: X13311
C: X32010
C(add2): X30010
Csus/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
Gsus: 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# Gsus 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
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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# Gsus 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
Bb(add9) 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
Csus/Bb
Like a com- et pulled from orbit Like a ship blown from its mooring
Csus/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 Gsus C5
I have been changed
C/F C5 C/F F(add2) G C(add2)
For good
