“For Good”
Performed by Idina Menzel (Elphaba) & Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda)
From “Wicked”- music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Chords (there are like a jillion):
: 466544
: X02210
(add2): X02410
: X02010
: XX2210
: X13331
: X1303X
: XX8768
Bbsus: X13341
: X13311
: X32010
(add2): X30010
/: X1X011
: X355XX
: XX2010
: XX3553
: 20023X
: XX0211
/: 1X0211
(add4): X5X563
(no5): X5X56X
/: 3X133X
(no3)/: 4X133X
/: XX6886
: 022000
: 022030
: 133211
(add2): XX3213
: 1X2010
: 133XXX
/: X03231
: XX3233
: XX3011
/: X03011
/: X1X011
(maj7): 132111
(no3)/: 6X355X
: 131111
(add4): 113141
: X11111
: XX3143
: 320003
: 355XXX
: 355533
: XX0003
: XX3003
: 3X333X
Intro: - (2x)
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Glinda:
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives
For a rea- son
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in re- turn
Well, I don’t know
(maj7)
If I be-lieve that’s true
(no3)/
But I know I’m who I am today
/ Bbsus
Be-cause I knew you
Like a co-met pulled from orbit
(no3)/
As it pas- - - - - ses a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
/
Half- way through the wood
Who can say
(add2)
If I’ve been changed for the bet- - -ter
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
Elphaba:
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this life- time
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a hand-print on my heart
And now whatever way
(maj7)
Our stor- - ies end
(no3)/
I know you have rewritten mine
/ Bbsus
By be-ing my friend
Like a ship blown from its mooring
(no3)/
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a sky-bird
/
In a dis- - tant wood
Who can say
If I’ve been changed for the bet-ter
But because I knew you
Glinda:
Because I knew you
Both:
(add4)
I have been changed for good
Elphaba:
/
And just to clear the air
I ask for-give-ness
For the things I’ve done
/ /
You blame me for
Glinda:
But then I guess we know
There’s blame to share
Both:
(no3)/
And none of it seems
(add4)
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:
/
/
Like a com- et pulled from orbit Like a ship blown from its mooring
/
As it pas- - ses a sun By a wind off the sea
Like a stream that meets a boulder Like a seed dropped
/ /
/ / /
Half- - -way through the wood By a bird in the wood
Both:
Who can say
If I’ve been changed for the bet-ter
I do be- lieve
I have been changed for the bet-ter
Glinda:
And because I knew you
Elphaba:
Because I knew you
Both:
Because I knew you
(no5)
I have been changed
(add2) (add2)
For good