oy sHAL*®LEONARD®Dame em et at eT) Peer ee eens Peter Schneider and Thomas Schumacher Pees | res Gov Le Gos ELTON fae STi RICE aus LINDA WOOLVERTON Pit ROBERT FALLS & DAVID HENRY HWANG Prensa ron Po Ct aU Ce aco Tea AOR Daye Wem} Donen a ome Nn te PONS ae cn ete ae Reo Renan ere Maat Tra NAN Tay Cg ROMAN nol Mea atte NT oN eee raed eerie rel een Ea RRA TEL et TUT BA Om Cen Cena or sta UC Seren nad a BOB CROWLEY NACA a4 Ca ral Pete STEVE C. KENNEDY eR AeA a] NAOMI DONNE Deen i eed Perret Prue ue GUY BABYLON STEVE MARGOSHES, BOB.GUSTAFSON PAUL BOGAEV rela TVA Kel JIM ABBOTT PAUL BOGAEV GARY SELIGSON Reece nts ‘Techitical Supervision. gars MICHAEL KELLER Bis. ens mom RICK SORDELET Casting Der ake BERNARD TELSEY CASTING JAY BINDER ere ee pa eee ee MARSHALL B. PURDY roy aU AZ) 1 a] CLIFFORD SCHWARTZ Deane eI ue scaag 5 PAUL BOGAEV Corsa WAYNE CILENTO. Peg Lo) daa z Ee} Originally developed at the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia rea ee ee eat eon a i HAL*LEONARD* mCORPORATION z= places Re rnin ereCette Sree na eg Le EE RIC Sasa es oe acta Pana a Coled NNGSerscaastis rere es a ey Dance of the Robe Lela e Pare eee ‘The Gods Love Nubia Sc Mc LeAnn co Like Father, Like Son Radames’ Letter cum cts Dice oaLe UG!Oe eeeHeather HeadeyEVERY STORY IS A LOVE STORY Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE 3, mi oy, === + —_— __ |e | 7 = = Gentle 2(4 =82) Eb BED Abladdgayeb Bb EB Ed “ee eR - ag be 2 —————— g= at a —— SS mp SS s= r oT T pf Pt BIE Ab/ED Eb Eel EB a ‘AMNERIS: = 7 = ze Ev'ry story fas. - or = i = = | | Ls | | At ast = cE a = 2S - Ff + a - FF v* —tl 2 one ae company ene an no igh erewed "ited PersWhether rue hap - pen = stance through the ag - es, Eb Be iw Wheth-or planaed —hur tied brief te = ci- tal, just a Eb(add2) thir ty minute ride, Wheth-er bright or _—— Mf crese. poco apace Rough and read - y, Eb[add9) Whether with a cast__ of one,Pe ‘poco cresc. All are tales Now rzFORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE os ge ast vecieaive NC syineris: a SS SS This is the So-ty of & lowe that Mour-Bhed ima time of hate, eh == ——SS— = £ = SEs os rs c FEsc “s Eg 5 is — == === Pe faa — of lov-ers ao tyran-ny could sep-or-ae Loveset in-to motionon the Nile. shore a § S Driving Rock (4 = 138) bs bs 5 SESS == — 5 —— Destin-y ig-nl-ed by an act of war \ a = i ie —— & | c f ————————_ ¥ i a b “4 Se; ep ggg dg > oo ee = ! ie re i = (©2000 Wondeand Mule Compey, ne, Happerstace ts. and vedo i "aria nored “Undo Frasson7 és 3 a & & g ' pl KS == ———— == - set & =F Ss 3 as SS 3 Seta Se ase — +e + = 3 : z ‘ — — & ——— 2S om ore sus oun oyex-ploited, (poco accel: vee& have swept © glo From the Nile’s— north a2 2 em del - E-gypt’s mas to the dry, tery ay fe south-ern sands —Bb & more we find, _ the mor we see, — bao Eb = the more we AM/ED Eb = shall re ” T For = tine18 FE SE eapames I's all worked out ‘Way be-yond my oF Dm ° touched the stars, — i we mocked the grave. * Gm ‘The lines of _ lat - i - ude 5 Fay wild = est dreams To - ward some great ti - umphs we tumed the tide We moved in chat - edFor SOLDIERS: F z come. 19 lean i Half-time feel Bb _s ‘The more ve find, lhe brave the brave Db/Ad Ab The more that we exBb Ab/IED Eb sus? Bysusz =e ® i more_we shall re - turn Noth-ing, We wefiee tw have it Weare whatwe want wo In our ~ selves This is eas-y vast placpalsece yard For = tune the fice SOLDIERS: the young For-tune fa - vorsf THE PAST IS ANOTHER LAND Gently, moderately ‘Music by ELTON JO} Lyrics by TIM Ri Em FRE Be Bm ACE AmvC = &¢ & & ana: ‘levee 5 == —— : 7 sg ™ ze You know ncth - ing a- bout me and care e-ven ess How could you un-derstand our SF : a: 3 a 4 — [SF = es ‘Z 5 ere = == — = Ed be ce Bs En FE Be E z i & So = = = 6 ; — as é os Zs + ee a emp = i= ness?. ‘You plun-- dered cur wis-dom, our knowledge, our wealth ee E = = oe FE e 3 tf ee r z = === 3 2 - ee ie Am Em. Fsus BT = = ris ae 4 x == =e ee SSS = 3 a Weed - ing us dy You long for our sieit But that you will ev-cr pos- 94 = 4 —— x = SS ie f fF =». mf | | PS SS = * = ee Z i $ Zz 198 None Conpay i, apentans ava Ld ‘igh lawed aed PeEbS)@C3n) ES FibS)mo3e) ES AVE BE = ie =e = © toss The past ig now an - oth - er land Ae g beyond my reach — Ins vad = ed by in sictious for- eign for-eign speech Where the time = Tess joys of child - hood Lic the beach _ + ken on= tyspace mo - ment lead - ing no - where Hime enough lay to wase_ Ebsynwsnd) | E Eb5\ugnW) E Be-tween the good and bad Too point - less cer = twin-y et poco erese is a bar - ren world fos2s Atempo ASE B Gee Cisus Ce E & a a which Toan't oe Both heart — less andl ter = eal Colla voee. = 7 Baus Fi EbSp(ag3rd) F§ —_EBtbS)igoded) ie nm Pol Shin - ing like an childhood tress - ures burn Shin - ng like an ial tts vil sun As my vil sun Asmy — a child hood teas ures bum. or i>2 ANOTHER PYRAMID Music by ELTON J Lyrics by TIM 3) @ 144) Eb ci Ee (lost time) ZOSER: While you've been @ - way ca-vort - ing. Matters t (st te only) = : = moved @ - pace need you home sup-port - ing plans Pve s all this means your weé-dingcall your fu - ture bride — For the way that Pha-taoh’s head-ing Ac-cord - ing io the 1 our _most not much long - er for us cad a a 2 Vamp (last time)man - who'll be tear-ful AS our leader fades _ teers are our coun - try is son must take theson-arch reams, our tomb just build ‘MINISTERS:time fer_ moun for now put plans on a Cola! MINISTERS: > fore the corpse is__gypt’s glo - ry strength and ce os have our fin = est hour, the might y Nile He must ® have a vault_tha's = grand___ by Put five thou-sand slaves on stand an pyc - a - mid! —32 Gin Agim GmiF — Adin/G Gm Agim G/F eS Ga er 3 MINISTERS: erese. poco a poco Rock *n’ Roll (54-47) (d = 142-1 AdinG Gm Adim Gm Faster AS, tami cee Ve fia" iB =i) EeFaster (J = 166-168) “Elbow Funk"( 7-6 Am‘vault . that's = sand slaves on35 HOW I KNOW YOU Music by ELTON JOHN, Lyrics by TIM RICE ‘Moderato NC. MEREB: ¥ in your home. town At least de-gan_ 10 grow Be - fore the bod-y food J.ayp-tians in the coun’ + yard ——— | rd wit messed ‘our ab-duc - tion Which possi - bly ex - plains —_ ea = 2 t yey : S 3 How I know — you that fate - ful morn-ingem - ployed you are hig daugl poco crese You prob-a - bly s ld38 Faster Bb You know tco much eo ¢eee o uF what you sty — Is bet = ter efi un = known And now Tm_ just a slay have aban - nor‘That spark ev -er seen re-main prin - cessknow know —MY STRONGEST SUIT . Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE Quasi reciuative Db (add) Bbm AMNERI: Er In ite one has to face hhugeas - sort - ment — of Db GbMb Db bd 2 DE au-se-at-ing fads ‘and good ad- viee ‘There's health and fitness, —di-et poco port-ment, oth-er point-less forms of sae-i - fice Con-ver-saction? Wit? Tamadoubt-er. BbmiAb Gb the in-ner me, Tam what wear and how peg: Moderately Db Vamp {last ime) be - lieve _ in look & time on earth_ is cook - ing pol - ka-dot - ted, striped, —Db a checked Db GbiD> Db =e Em? + From your era- dle via trous. = sea toyour _death- PALACE WOMEN:44 Bbm ay — bed you're on view — — + a-tive— ap - par o chic Gh & i ~ pro-mise_ ac - no sub sti 4 than con + for dress has al - ways been my strong - estsolid RaB(ST-1 0) Db zg = 0 - ver- wear, der-weat, — CbiGs Gb Stay-ing y= where — Bem hit-ting town From the top and work = ing. down-Whether stich Te stitched in time Is stitched. in time: Wheth-er ARI‘Such. a crime! de = light = wen — der through my things — wan — dering> throuzh your things — neg - li - gee thing _ but an = y-thing but nor ~in y-tine, 1am what an - der-wear, ane y-where O-versvear, un der-wear, { un-dersvear, an = an ~ y- time, Tver-wear, y= time, 1 ssid an On der-weat,Most ar-rest = ing ing most exst Ebm & most _ heart stop-ping Most free flow-ing most. eye - stop-ping heart stop-ping Em? Bbm7/Ab & pop-ping heat = stop-ping yeah 2 F Straight eighths Gb Abs Db749 & a a est Dress has al - ways been my strong - est suit Dress has al ways Dress has al ~ ways beenYou know that I Dress has al - ways been my song - est = been my _ strong - estFunk feel Db B AMNER’ bring me PALACE WOMEN: = cious omy di Gb CIGh Ge i Gf -* ing most ex - pen - sive and 10 boot WOMEN:most heart stop-ping - ive flow-ing most_ eye - pop-ping — Dress has al = ways been my strong = flow-ing most eye = popping Dress has al - ways been You know thatmy sitong - est my strong song - est my my — strong - est strong - est my Dress song - est sirong = est has al strong svt ways beenENCHANTMENT PASSING THROUGH Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE Gently, not too slowly Dbsus2 Asus? Dbsus2 2 Ab(edd9) 7 ‘ "i i ve _e e * aban: 8 SS oe = F To sail a-way_ to half dis-cov-cred = s. = os = fee = = ——} oe = 4 = s EbS Dbsus? Ebsus = coe =— se : s — — = = =. plac = es To see the s-crets so few eyes have seen Tose = PSs SF s e eo | ae Se = ‘Ab(aaao) Eb7sus bs —— a i ——s— ¥ = SSS 3 sae mo-mens of en - chant = ment on our fae e_ Theaio - ments when we and those be ~ tween Dbsus2_Absus2 a” BBY ¥ T could leave_ this place — then I'd. g0 - pers of my land E i south = em winds—‘The beau-ty so majes - tic and so fiee Esus Bysus Asus RADAMES: (Spoken:) Twili take you sailing. South, You can be my guide, There’d be 20° Ges of time and space bind me And no ho- i = zon T__ could not pur =

Bom? Eb ab ie Love worn light-ly, pur on My con - quests_ on dis. - play £ Db a And who'd — have thought MERER: can't be - leve_ $ = fi= dence _ couldall 1 took for o EbIG Ab rps femme Who'd have guessed_ I'd throw my world — a - way?_ Yo be with someone I'm a - fraid—say not the on wio'll be changedBb Fm? = ‘AMNERIS: (Spoten:) Why hasn't Radaes come t0 s Bb ff Repeat ifneeded AIDA: things right with him, 1 shall not Tong — for what they shave Doa't be sur prised — 9 Eb ae ee me again? We're 19 be married in three days, and yet, Aida, F must make en-w lov - Fm? uy a AMNERIS: Anemp-ty room is mer 2 need some com =80 Ab/ED an AIDA & AMNERIS: have thought — EbIG Ab could te s0 ood? — gently And showI. r : 2 at have guessed he'd throw his. = world be withsome-one till his dy RADAMES:82 ab = who'd have thought who'd have thought — ‘MEREB:| se = crets and My_—ppas sions un = der = stood? No me. Ss Fass tg FF SS ee ae sions un der - stood? Not me I Bb/D Eb BE FE | Not me. Who'd have guessed Fd throw my — Not me! Who'd have guessed _ he'd throw his I Not me Not me + FFworld — a - way — Ab rapames: Bb Abmaj7iB> BS Eb be with some-one till my dy. with some-one ill fis dyELABORATE LIVES Music by ELTON JOHN. Lyrics by TIM RICE Moderately, with rubato Gos Bbm Co5(aid9) i HE rapanes: a = lab - 9 = ate lives — c EbICb cb Db GbiDb cs B ai Wild am - bi - tions in____ oor sights How an af fir ¢ © 109 Wendrong sc Company, ne, Hacpeetnce th. anEvaden Uh ‘A itis haened" Used ormaronmd hur = ried ni With striet rhythm BbD HH Seems quite uewashieie’ ae 1 don't want 10 live ke that Sa, aeBD liev-a- ble to me T don’t want to just want our time cella voce AbT ™ gentler, ee ex tray. a gant times.cb Eich Cb Db Gbp> Ds a Play.ing games wecan't all win #3 i ES Un-in - tended ‘Some out take othI'm so tired — of all ___ we're go-ing through 2 Tm sored T don't want 10love tke that J just want to be pase with yor90 @ This may not be the — mo-ment tb tell you fae wm fee But I could wait for forthe per fecr ime and place 46 comb ChiGs Gb i & & RADAMES: 2 9 AIDA: We all lead such €- lab o-rate lives 5We don’ know whose words Abmic to know lov1 don't want > live like that Db (adds) T just want to touch your heart colle voce ChS(ade9) RADAMES: 1 don’t want to ‘Too rian-y love like that May this con fes - sion o sempre p‘Measured, with inner strength ip ONG 8 THE GODS LOVE NUBIA Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE = == 5 = oo ae ee ee = Take me in my dreams re - our-ring Cheerful as 4. child:nood dance nw > —— SS SSS =o one more tse of fee - dom One more long - ing back - ward glance Inthe =—— =e — SS es sway of som-ber mu - sie 1 shall never never un = der NUMAN. oe wes : jeez £ = = £ Mmm — 2 Ts stend Tet ome clip in in the NUBIAN: yy 3— = = 2 —- — —= Mam Minm =z 2. Mmm Mmm — eee ee 2 1008 Wonderand nus Company, ne, Mappenstanc td and exedon tdsweet er NUBIAN:”" = See Moma gods love Na-bi-a the gold - en the fer - tile, NUBIANS:= F FE i s c Dw Cle Em c gentle and the blessed The pain of is on the mo - ment . s pS == Ues-o-lute, the suf - fer-ing, the plun-dered, the op-pressed — NEHEBKA: The gods love Nu-bi-a, creation Their songs roll sweaty ‘a cross the her-vest plain pading ab Ham Hw in = 10 the riv- er and are Hmm nev -er riedF & AIDA & NEHEBKA: ao gods bi to keep be-liev NUBIANS: gods love NUBIANS: we are still its heart vee scattered and we arestill its heart The The fall of 7 Thoughphem-er - al burn - ing though_ the phem-er - al and fleet - ing The spirit al ways burn - ing though the oe phemaer a spirit al ways bum - ing though the flesh is tom NEHERKA: flesh is my dreams — re —Cheer re cur-ring, re -cur-ring Cheer = fal more taste_ of dance — more more tase offreedom Of freedom free-dom ing back ward glance ‘The gals ee long - ing — buck - ward glance The gods long - ing— back - ward glance The gods ape eo oe “One more long ~ ing — back - ward glance _ The gods —beau-ti- fal, the fer = tile A Dbeaueti ~ ful, the fer = tile, the heau-ti- fal, the gold - en The ra -di-ant, the blessed the blessed st toe gen-te andthe blessed —102 D Ba a des -o- late the mo — meat the suf the mo. ment The des-o-late, plun-deree, op ~ pressed _ NEHEBK: lun dered, cp ~ pressed — the plun-dered, the op - pressed —= ‘Though seat-tered be-liev - ‘Though seat-tored — watstered di- vid = are sil) its heart Nubi-a, - phiem-er-al and fleet «ing are sill its heart Nobi-a, = phom-er-al and fleet - ing are stil) its heart fe = phemer-al and fleet - ing + fas are si ' phemeral and fleet «ing 2 ‘eespirit ways bum - ing ways bum - ing pret ways bum . ing 3g ways bur «ing though — tom a-part though - ae al = ways: burn - ing spir-it al ways. burn - ing spirit ee 4 4 al - ways burn - ing spirit al - ways burn - ing hough — though — the fleshIn tempo c Take me ig £ ing bask - ward allanee. 105 One move my dreams. re - cur - ring One more my dreams re - cur - ring One more £ pt my dreams re cur - ring One more“ A STEP TOO FAR Music by ELTON JO Lyrics by TIM Ri ‘Moderately fast Bb ee Bbsus Bb 5 5 Es i ‘AMNERIS: I's so strange he does-n't—— show More af - fee tion than he needs 1 ncrangconpany poet Le anton—— for mal, too respect - full Nev.er takes _ ro-man-tic leads There ae times when Eo = Fm ao al ways oa his mind He's not think ing shat I'm (hink-ing Always half a slep be = hind Al-ways108, 5 a step. be - hind RADAMES: ery kind of trou - ble can't you WrJust look at Hal ec = stat-ie, half deject - Eas-y terms. I thought! wanted __ A with chin-ing areaturned on its_head Eb/G bh RADAMES: |AMNERIS:¢, tomed cm its headwin that love — him, — in my pat ~ sion and my his life com = pan - ‘An-y - where but where we sreAMNERIS: ain aT RADAMES:= Al-most too re-spect - ful = Jove. can be__ mis Just look at =e 0 - man -tic leads There are times — when T <= com = pro- mised — my in my pas ~ T'm all at seawayson_his mind be Thought! wanted ing think-ing but where we are You could nev - er his life com. - pan ss Fill me now with chilling dread _—— Always halt a step be - hind now. the _ cha-os Ota aAb me half. a step be-hind a step too tumed on its head16 BIDE RADAMES: o Fem AMNERIS: RADAMES:: B EASY AS LIFE i ‘Music by ELTON JOHN. Lyris by TIM "7 g Ab @ Cmfadds) cm Ab am. s fe" e = B Slow ‘This is the mo-ment when the Gods ex-pect me to beg for help. But I wor! olla voce EMS Finsiab Emi/ab Goss SG i zi P EE @ a noth-ing in the world but my - self {o protect me, os Fin? Gaus 6 7 ge , & 8 i E oe ° - ail ali am) d Tz or= ——— AIT have to do is for-get bow much love have to do is put my long - ing to one Tell my - self that love's F(addoy/a, & an ev-er-chang-ing situ -3g i 1 E @ * All I have todo knewBet.ter Bb(adi9) ‘On those very rare o¢- ca- Feagaova SB ‘when the ties were barely bind the contempt #7 sions Of the fa-mil when he sieals to have lost wri we Gaus = jar cannot startwe @ ADINIGD I cm? BbmiC Fav Fin7iAb i Re #2 iF: B I think about him r aa I igus es he was when I last touched — him (se a Finv/Ab GTsus —s how he would have been Were 1 io be with him to - day,Bbm7/iDb don't let up. They ‘keep on ev -er want - ed18 9 AbIC AbmajviC mi i i Fit = of awor, defeared poo - ple, Cm? 7p Who won't let @cow-ard run, 4 father and na-tion eons E Is this how the gous E <—_ reward the faith - ful through the ag Fen(addd)/Ab Fa to prove that all the hardest things we've done BbvC FC Frv/Ab And though T'l think a-bout him till the earth draws inO30 8 DSS SS eee si = ——— 7 no bectray-al, but re- demp Hoa re. deemed in my own eyesAbLYGD Ab Abmai? aR molto rall128 ' LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON I Music by ELTON JOLIN Lyrics by TIM Ff Moderately fast (¢ = 142) Ab Eb Db Bb Ab Eby = of 2 2 all (Vocals 2nd time only) —f Y be Deb [gear a a "GB cosenpoint. in feel - ing You're not the mas. ter ChIGh «Gb _= 8 con = giled_ a 223 Your bick-ground in- ter = venes — fen good and — Eb ape = — your fate. — you must bere130 times re-viled you'll wind up do-ing justwhat I'd have done, de - 1S a PRIESTS: 50". — HA Re & os Abmaj?/Bb Bb/Bb Bb om a your vic - es get hand = edfa parent's c to eon-demn— the child's — x Gb & Should-n't blame that on quite —___ shock — but ['m—132 Bb cue Ez no chip off an y block 1 would-n't wish those wordson any — one. — a A ‘Abmaj7/Bb EbIBb 2 Gmi(addd) g ee ZOSER: —= Son, you're ner = vous,Danifadct) planned. — You've got the Gm7(ade4) wi valiFade the squal-or at which you Gm Fal wits 2G @ Dm(ades) sense — 1 is- n't ver-y135 why? Some foreign slut ming shut. me he's found that __ flesh can ex = cite but36 Ab Db/ab Ab DWAb Ab Bb Ti f" i a Ge > => = once the har - Io's think he'll see lime wont yak back to dal = Qe 2 5 us Ee y Ke a like __ son, a a7 Eb Db Bb AbBb Ab Eb Db Ee Ei = Ey138 RADAMES’ LETTER ‘Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM "y ELF BF - EF BbIF a Moderately slow F i bod Et RADAMES: + " for eve ry-thing : and tof bm Bbsus2 Cows ¢ SrBosus? ee stum-bles > that our lives Gaus im" want the world, dle through140 1 could tell. you this nev-er the time, will have 7B GIA > nev-er the place So this__ 1 FIAat WRITTEN IN THE STARS ‘Music by ELTON JOHN Lyrics by TIM RICE Mocerte Bata Bosus? F/Bb Eb /Bb Bbsus2 FIB> E5/Bb Gbadd2) Ab(adi2) a: oe ae OS |S | 4 A 24 ay _ : . tb ese Fs ; Al Fl |, = Gm GwF eb Bus a a Ee EH = == = = eee tee + —— a z Sim-ple real- ly isn't it? A worl or wo andthen 2 SSS Bb F/Bb E>/Bb BR += Ss a Wesel ince tmoeiing”ohaev or Z £ PSA a: ¥ «4 %142 Bb I Gm Be Eas tse - think of me or speak of| om? F a H I = someone you ance so long 8 - 80, so Db AbiD} GhiDb Ds PA ee ; a B Ey I RADAMES: what PL feel living shuf-fles by —_ Bbm Bbm/Ab cay i Gb # = = You don't have to ask —ASD>G>/DS D> aBe mE @ will ihink or fy moment ream and fail to un-der-stand— all. chat we are Is it good . for written im the stars? Justa stretci of mor-tal time? 1a until T Howa per-tectlove can be cor-found-ed out _ a) 224 ‘Are we pay-ing for some crime” _ Is (that) (Or some God's ex-per-i-ment —Bbm Chmsj7 DYE Ebm7 Absus Ab I g BB 63a which we have no say? In which we're giv-en par-a-dise on - ly for a day__ ve BADIA AbIED Eb Db/Eb ae as Em aid Hie (Spoken:) Marry the princess, Radames. You can help my people. This could be our chance to do somethin important. Don't you see? Ab EL/Ab DbIAb Z B” GE can be al - tered, there is noth-ing to de-cideEb/Ab Db/Ab ev = er want_ but this B 535 cia ‘Some-times in my dark ~ est thoughts 1 wish I'd nev-er leamed— is to bein lve and have that love retumed = wnt-ten in the stars? __ Are we pay - ing forsome crime? ___ Is (that)