“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
Amadd9 X02410
Am7 X02010
Am/E XX2210
Bb X13331
Bb6 X1303X
Bbadd9 XX8768
Bbsus X13341
Bbsus2 X13311
C X32010
Cadd2 X30010
Csus/Bb X1X011
C5 X355XX
C/E XX2010
C/F XX3553
D/F# 20023X
Dm7 XX0211
Dm7/F 1X0211
Dm7add4 X5X563
Dm7(no5) X5X56X
Ebmaj7/G 3X133X
Ebmaj7(no3)/Ab 4X133X
Eb/Ab XX6886
Em 022000
Em7 022030
F 133211
Fadd2 XX3213
Fmaj9 1X2010
F5 133XXX
F6/A X03231
F6/9 XX3233
Fsus2 XX3011
Fsus2/A X03011
Fsus2/Bb X1X011
Fmmaj7 132111
Fmaj7(no3)/Bb 6X355X
Fm7 131111
Fm7add4 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
Fmmaj7 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 Amadd9
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# Gsus G
Like a hand-print on my heart
C/E Fsus2
And now whatever way
Fmmaj7 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]
Dm7add4 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
Fm7add4 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 Fadd2 G Cadd2
For good