Written by Stephen Schwatrz
Intro Elphaba Why couldn't you have stayed calm for once Instead of flying off the handle? C I hope you’re happy Bm I hope you're happy now Bb A I hope you're happy how you’ve hurt your cause forever Bb I hope you think you're clever B I hope you're happy Bb I hope you're happy too A I hope you're proud how you would G# A Grovel in submission to feed your own ambition Bb F So though I can't imagine how Bm7 E A D I hope you're happy right now D# Elphie, listen to me G# Just say you're sorry D# G# Bb You can still be with the Wizard D# G# Bb What you’ve worked and waited for Cm Gm7 You can have all you ever wantеd I know G# But I don’t want it Fm Bb Gm C F No, I can't want it a--nymoreC F Something has changed within mе C F Something is not the same C F I’m through with playing by C Bb The rules of someone else's game C Too late for second-guessing Bb C Too late to go back to sleep F C It's time to trust my instincts F G4 G Close my eyes, and leapVerse 1:
Am F G It's time to try defying gravity Am F G I think I’ll try defying gravity C And you can't pull me downF C Can't I make you understand F You're having delusions of grandeur? C F G I'm through accepting limits C F C 'Cause someone says they're so F G Some things I cannot change C/E F Bb But 'til I try, I'll never know C Too long I've been afraid of Bb C Losing love, I guess I've lost Dm C/E Well, if that's love F G4 G It comes at much too high a costVerse 2:
Am F G I'd sooner buy defying gravity Am F G Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity Bb And you can't pull me downCome with me F Think of what we could do together F Unlimited C Dm Bb C F Together, we're unli-mited Bb Am Dm Bbm Together we'll be the greatest team there's ever been, Glinda F/A Bb Dreams the way we planned 'em F Bb If we work in tandem G# C# There's no fight we cannot winBridge:
Am F G Just you and I defying gravity Am F G With you and I defying gravity C F D# F C/E F They'll never bring us downDm/A Bb C Are you coming? I hope you're happy Bm Now that you're choosing this You, too Bb I hope it brings you bliss A I really hope you get it Bb And you don't live to regret it B F# I hope you're happy in the end Cm F Bb D# I hope you're happy, my friend C No, leave her alone! F She hasn't done anything wrong I'm the one you want I'm the one you want It's me It's meVerse 3:
C F C So if you care to find me F C Look to the western sky F G As someone told me lately F Dm C/E C Bb "Everyone deserves the chance to fly" C And if I'm flying solo Bb C At least, I'm flying free Dm C/E To those who'd ground me F G Gm Take a message back from meVerse 4:
Final Bm G#m Bm F Unlimited G Unlimited Bb Bb/G# Unlimited F C And nobody in all of Oz Gm C No wizard that there is or was Fm C G Am Is ever gonna bring me down I hope you're happy Look at her! She's wicked! Get her! Am No one mourns the wicked (Bring me down) F D# C# B So we've got to bring her Oh C F Down C Down C WoahAm F G Tell them how I'm defying gravity Am F G I'm flying high, defying gravity Am Fm/Bb Fm And soon, I'll match them in renown