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One Short Day: Freely, Sung Almost in A Whisper
One Short Day: Freely, Sung Almost in A Whisper
C#~SUS/G#
One
short-
One
F#/A#
in
day -
short-
day -
Joyfully bouncy
Cit - y...
poco accel.
the
Em - er - ald
in
the
Cit
y... -
Em - er - ald
One
short-
day -
in
Em
the
- er - ald
Cit
look
this
cit
Y.
simile
short-
Ev
'ry-
day -
way -
that
you
in
Yt
there's
N.C.
some - thing
fore
the day's
ex - qui
site
you'll
build - ings
tall
-.
Pal-ac - e s !
vis
it
as
quox - wood
trees,
k!!
Dress
ELPHABA:
sa - lons, -
and
h
h r .
!
7111.
rl
hun-dred
strong ...
x@5fr
B!R
li - b r a - ies,
7.
Mu - s e - u m s !
be -
There are
7.
to
through! -
GLINDA:
want
L
L
I\'
h
3
There are
won - ders
like
I've
nev - er
seen! -
It's
all
grand!
And it's
all
green!
BOTH:
think
we've found
be
I'll
where
we
be
I\
a'
II
in -
be
back-
for
long!
aL
this
wan - na
B bmaj7
Am7
---
Y-
place -
B bmaj7
Am7
the
!it8
I
II.
hoi
pol
to
ELPHABA:
f.2.
IJ
loi,
So
make
my
life -
and
make
my
way,
but
One
short-
short -
One
short -
day -
day, -
day, -
in
to have
Em
the
er - ald
Cit
y,
And we're
cit
y,
F#/A#
Now
BsuQ
that
we're
here,
been
here-
Be -
Allegro
D
D13sus
one
Cit
short
y,
in
One
short
the
Em
er
to have
ald
life
time
of
fun,
to
be
see
What
ing
"
cit
the
SO
man - y
roam -
We'll call
to,
N.C.
we
can
Where
y...
i!fi f i
N.C.
it
home, -
too.
Slower
Tenderly
Gsus21C
just
friends... -
two
Two good
friends... -
Two
A tempo
r m
v9
ENSEMBLE:
I
I
Shar - ing
short
day!
rl
one won
I
I
der - ful
cm
One
best
friends...
DEFYING GRAVITY
Music and Lyrics by
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
some - thing is
changed -
with - in - me
not - the s a k e
I'm
throughwith
play -
ing
by
the
rules -
of
to
sleep -
It's
time
's
game. -
cbsus2
~b
~bsus
to
D bsus
trust - my
in
stincts,
Allegro
A bsus
close
my
eyes-
and
leap...
It's
time -
to
de - fy
try
ing
grav
i - ty
With pedal
grav
think -
i - ty,-
I'll
de - fy
try
and
you can't
ing
I'm
through ac
cept
nev
ing
10s - ing
lim
its
'cause
some - one
er
love -
guess - I've
lost -
says -
A bsus
I'd soon
de - fy -
er
A bsus
ing
Bbm7(no~)
grav
i - ty
me
good
A bsus
Gbsus2
I'm de - fy
Kiss
ing
grav
- ty, -
and
Moderato, dreamily
you can't
pull - me
down.
3
'
I
I
un
vi - sion
it
a1 - most
like
- -
- ed ...
My
fu- ture is
it
lim
id.
---
3
lim
ed
proph - e
cy,
know-
Freely
It
But
- ly
tru
sounds
swear
cra -
some - day
zy,
I'll
and
true,
the
vi - sion's
be
ha
up
zy ...
in
the
Allegro; as before
G#m7(no5)
de - fy
ing
G#rn7(no5)
Fly
ing
so
high,
grav
i - ty
Esus
de - fy
F#sus
ing
grav
i - ty,
They'll
nev
er
pull -
me
down ... -
Triumphantly
So
idididid
s:+
id id d id
l o o k
to the west
em
if-
YOU
s,
sky -
care -
to
find-
me,
+ z n
As
some - one
told -
me late
fly!
And
if
ly:
I'm
'ry - one-
ev
fly
ing
so
de - serves -
the
lo,
at
chance -
to
least I'm
fly -
st' st.
ing
- sage
free-
back - from
To
me... -
those - who'd
ground
me,
take
Tell them -
mes -
how -
ing
grav
i - ty
A b sus
~bsus2
I'm
fly
ing -
I
I
de - fy
high
ing
grav - i
ty,
and
soon
I'll
match them
in -
re
With determination
Bbm
I
I I# .I
I
eJ
I
I.
nown...
-I
I
I
rnI
And
rl
no - bod
I
rl
- y
in
all
of
oz,
Ebm7 b5/G b
Gbm(add9)/A
ev
no
er
gon
Wiz
- ard
A bsus
- na
that
A b7sus
there
is
~ b 5
down ...
bring
Ah!
or
was
A b (add4)/~b D b/F
is
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
M u s i c and Lyrics b y
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Andante, melancholy
~b
could - n't
be
ti - ni - est
'hap - pi
bit
~bmaj7
could-n't
be hap - pi
- er
un
FNE~
Though
like
an
tic
Eb6
FI~/E~
er
it
is,
i - pat
ad - mit
the
ed-
could-n't
But
hap - pi
be
get - ting
your dreams,
pli -cat -
it's
er,
sim
er,
ed. -
strange, but
There's
it
seems
kind of
lit - tle,
a sort of ...
ply
'Cause
well,
com
cost.
There's
lost.
There
are
Fmll
bridg - es
you
cross
you
did - n't
know -
you
crossed
un
ti1
you
A tempo
Eb
~b7sus
crossed.
thrill,
~bmaj7
Fm/Eb
does
n't
thrill like
you -
think -
that
it
Still -
will ...
cheers and
the
er?
Be
hoo,
So
cause
hap - PY
this
per - fect
is
be
~mll
could- n't
what
fi - nal - e,
would - n't
who
E ~ I A ~~bsus
~bmai9
bal - ly
with
hap - pens
be
hap - pi
when
er.
all
your
the
hap - pi -
Reflectively
Eb/Bb
1 '
G7/B
dreams
~ m / ~ b
Cmll
come
true.
is - n't it? -
Well,
Hap - PY
is
what
come
hap - pens
when your
dreams
true.
WONDERFUL
Music and Lyrics by
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Recitative
was
nev - er
mere - ly
nev - er
saw
blown
asked
for
this
here
my - self -
or
by
as
planned
the
in
winds -
Sol - o - mon-
it
ad - vance.
of
or
chance.
Soc - ra - tes... -
,knew who I
Then
just
sud - den -
be - cause
dime - a - doz - en
ly
the folks
I'm
in
here,
me
re - spect - ed,
Oz
need - ed
- di
oc - ri - ties.
wor - shipped
some - one
to
- ven,
be - lieve
in
I
Does
it
sur - prise
you
got
hooked,
and
all
too
soon?
8vai
not
just
by
bal
Freely
F6
"Won
der
1'
So
ful."
said,
They
"Won
called
me
ful ...
der
"Won
der
if
YOU
ful."
in
Slow Ragtime
F
sist ...
"Won
der
to
will
be
won
ful..." -
re
sist,
der - ful,"
Be
'cause
lieve
it
And
me,
it's
they
said,
hard -
feels
Faster, light 2
F
won
F6
der
- ful!
think
I'm
won
der
- ful!
Hey,
look
who's
won
hick,
who
I -
to
won
der
der
build
ful
road
town
of
of
ye1
said,
ful:
this
"It
might
green... -
- low
corn - fed
brick!"
be
and
keen -
Where I come from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true-we call it... "history."
man's
called
rich
man's
one
trai - tor
thief
cru - sad
or
or
- er
phi
or
- lan
ruth
lib
- er
tor;
'
thro - pist.
less
in
- vad - er?
It's
all
in
These are
we
which
pre - cious
la
few
at
be1
ease -
is
with
- ble
to
mor - a1
per -
sist.
am - bi - gu - i - ties, -
act
II
Moderate Ragtime
F6
won
der
ful
So
am
won
der
ful ...-
In
fact:
it's
so
much
who
name!
And
with
am,
my
it's
help,
part
you
can
of
be
my
the
A little slower
F
F7
~maj7/Bb
Em7/A
re-ceive
o - ver-
your
i
Freely
F/ A
pha - ba ...
you know ...
The most
cel - e
brat - ed
are the
re
ha
bil
doo
- ed
There'll
through- out
tat
be
such
that's
Oz
whoop - de -
all
to
do
der
with
A tempo
G
you!
Won
ful, -
They'll
call
you
"Won
der
ful"
Does
it
sound
In tempo, fast
E7
won
won
der - ful?
der
Trust
me,
ful
it's
fun!
Won't
it
When
one !
you're
When you
be
the
0
3
(
\
-
won
won
der
are
ful? -
- ful
der
A ~ / C Cm7(no5)
B~IC
3
With pedal
Bb/c
cm
~m
m3fr
xm3fr
ELPHABA:
Y
Kiss
me too
fierce
P'"
hold me too
tight,
I needhelp be
liev
ing
you're
My
me.
with me
wild - est
ly - ing
to - night.
dream
be
ings
side
YOU
Just
for
this
rno
ment,
As long
as you're
I've lost
mine,
all
re
-3-
And
if
it
turns
out
bor
it's
der
o - ver too
-3-
fast,
subito p
I'll
make
line. -
ev
'ry
last
mo
- ment
last
as long
you're-
May
as
be I'm
brain
me
less,
see
ing
may - be
I'm
through
wise,
eyes.
un - der your
CIG
Am
feel
spell,
Dm
ing
CIF
mo
1
/
ment,
CIG
F5IG
fell ...
ELPHABA: EV - er - y
fall -
cresc.
As long
as
you're-
IV
and
for -
lost -
time ... -
Say there's no
fu -
make up
ture
for
us
as
pair...
-3-
E:
And - though
may
know
Vdon't
-
GsuB
C/G
F5/G
-
Just
as long
7
as you're
3
for
this
mine,
come be
how you
-
want -
to,
and
see how
bright -
we
un - ti1
it
shine.
Eli!
or - row
the
moon
- light
is
rn
P
1
be'
through,
And -
know
I'll
be
here
hold - ing
as ling
as
mine...
you're
rit.
NO GOOD DEED
Music and Lyrics by
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
No
AID
good
No
act
deed
of
goes
char - i - ty -
un
goes
pun- ished -
un
re
- sent - ed
No
creed.
good
led
goes
deed
un
pun-ished -
My road
where such
good
roads
a1
deed
ways-
That's
of
my
new
lead.
goes
un -
I"
pun - ished...
Nes - sa... -
Doc - tor
Fi -
\I
cresc.
-&
.
c,
Gbmaj9/~b
Bbm
~ b ( a d d 4 )b/ ~
&
~ b m
N.C.
--.-
Gbmaj9/~b
x@
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T-.-
I
I
&adfr
Ab(add4)f~b
&!P
ro!!
One
Was 1 real - ly
and
hurts,
too
or
just
much,
too much to
men - tion:
108
Is
that all
Bsus
Emaj7/G#
looked at
with an ice
A(add9)
cold - eye?
csus
~m
If
that's
all
good deeds
CSUS~
may - be
are,
that's -
the
rea - son
A tempo
Bm7(add4)
pun -ished -
All
es
should
be
I"
cum - vent - ed -
cir
No
good
goes
deed
un -
pun -ished -
what
Sure,
did ...
well - meant
All
right,
e - nough-
SO
be
it!
I meant well -
Well,
look
at
Meno mosso
~ b m
then ...
Let
Oz
all
be
a - greed: -
poco rit.
I'm
wick - ed
through and
through; since
II
can - not -
suc - ceed,
poco accel.
A tempo
Em
Fi
- ye - ro,
sav - ing
you,
prom - ise
no
good
deed
will
gain. ..
do
at - tempt -
to
do
a -
gain,
No
good
deed
gain!
will
FOR GOOD
Music and Lyrics by
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Note: Whenper$ormed as a solo, sing the top melody line throughout.
Fmaj9
F6/9
I've heard it
lives -
1)
coZZa voce
I '
for
if
we
let
them, -
Fsus2
Well,
I
I
don't
Fm(maj7)
know
if
com - et
am - to - day -
pulled from or
re - turn.
bit
be - lieve
be - cause
as
it
knew
that's
true,-
you ... -
pass - es
Like a
sun, -
like
stream
that
meets
who
can
be-cause I
boul
say -
der
if
I've
half
been
changed
knew you,
for
the
wood,
bet - ter?
But
for
A tempo, warmly
good.
It
well
may
that
we
will
nev - er
meet
gain-
in
this
FsuB
Fmaj9
Em7
F6/9
learned
D/F #
Am7
hand - print
you'll
Gsus
on
And
now
you
wind
off
the
what - ev - er
have
sea, -
way -
re - writ - ten
our
stor
mine-
like
ies -
by
seed
dropped -
end, -
be
by
ing
sky
my
bird-
friend ... -
changed
dis
for
tant
the
who
bet - ter?
But
can
say-
be - cause
if
knew
I've - been
you ...
Piu mosso
F5
Dm7(add4)
clear
the
air,
C/F
have been
ask
Fm9
changed-
good ...
for
for
id just
done-
to
you
II
blame
blame-
to
for. -
share, -
But
and
then,
guess -
none of
it
seems
to
none of
it
seems
to
we
mat - ter
know there's
a n - y -
ELPHABA:
and
more...
mat - ter
a n - y -
Like
ship-
blown-
from its
~ s u sb / ~
bird
in
the
C/E
wood,
wood, -
FsuB
Who can
say
if
I've been
Who can
say
if
I've been
dim.
senza rit.
FsuB
changed
for
do
be - lieve -
have been
cha;ged
for
the
changed
for
do
be - lieve -
have been
changed
for
the
bet- ter...
II
Fsus2
C/E
Be-cause
Drn7(no5)
CIF
changed
have been
Gsus
Tempo I
C5
m
3
f
r
I
I
I ' d
for
good.
for
I 't
PIANO/V(
SELECTION
standard pianolvocal format with the melody in
POPULAR
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DEFYING GRAVITY
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
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AS LONG AS YOU'RE MINE
NO GOOD DEED
FOR GOOD
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