The Wizard and I

The Wizard and I

Idina Menzel , 2003. Cynthia Erivo, 2024.

Writer: Stephen Schwartz

Label: Decca Broadway

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Ab

Caug

Ab

Did that really just

C/Ab

happen?

Have I

Fm/Ab

actually

under

C/Ab

stood?

This weird

Ab

quirk I’ve tried

to su

C/Ab

ppress or hide

is a

Fm/Ab

talent that could

Ab7add4

help me

Ab7#5

meet

the

Dbadd2

Wizard,

Bbm7

if

Eb7/G

I make

Cm7

good.

Gbadd2

So I’ll make

C

good…

Dm/C

G7sus/C

G/C

C

Dm/C

G7sus/C

G/C

C

When

Dm/C

I meet the

G7sus/C

Wizard,

G/C

C

once

Dm/C

I prove my

G7sus/C

worth,

G/C

C

and then I

C/B

meet the

Am7

Wizard,

what I’ve

Dm7

waited for

C/F

since,

Gsus

since

birth.

G/C

And with

C

all his

Dm/C

Wizard

G7sus/C

wisdom,

G/C

by my

C

looks, he won’t be blin

Em

ded.

Do you

Bbmaj7/F

think the Wizard is

C/G

dumb?

Or like

Bbmaj7/F

Munchkins so small-

Gsus

minded?

G

No, he’ll

Am7

say to me

Dm7add4

”I see who

G/B

you truly

C/E

are,

a

Am7

girl on whom

Dm7add4

I can re

Gsus

ly.”

G

And

C

that’s

Dm7

how

C/E

we’ll begin

Fsus

F

the Wizard and I…

C

Dm7

Gsus

C

Dm7

Gsus

C

Once

Dm7

I’m with the

Gsus

Wizard

G

C

my

Dm7

whole life will

Gsus

change.

C

‘Cause once you’re

C/B

with the

Am7

Wizard

Dm7

no one thinks you’re

C/F

Gsus

strange.

No

C

father

Dm7

is not proud

Gm7add4

of

you,

no

C

sister

C/B

acts

a

Em7

shamed.

F/Bb

And all of Oz has

Csus2

to love you

F/C

C

when by the

F/Bb

Wizard

Bbmaj7

you’re

ac

Gsus

claimed.

G

And this gift

Am7

or this

Dm7

curse

G/B

I have in

C/E

side,

Am7

maybe at

Dm7

last,

I’ll know

Gsus

why.

G

When

C

we

Dm7

are

C/E

hand in hand

Fsus

F

the Wizard and I.

Amaj7

And

Dadd2

one

day,

he’ll say to me “

C#m(add4)

Elphaba,

a

Dadd2

girl who is so su

C#m(add4)

perior,

Fadd2

shouldn’t a girl

who’s so

Em7add4

good inside

Dm7add4

have a matching ex

Em7add4

terior?

And since

Cmadd2

folks

here

Bb/Eb

to an

Fadd4

absurd

de

Bbadd2/D

gree

seem

Cmadd2

fixa

Bb/Eb

ted

on

Fadd4

your

verdi

Bbadd2/D

gris,

would

Db

it be all right by

Csus

you

C

if

Bb

I de-greenify

Csus

you?”

C

Am7

Of course

Dm7

that’s not

G/B

important to

C/E

me.

“

Am7

All right, why

Dm7

not”,

I’ll re

Gsus

ply.

G

Oh,

C

what

Csus/D

a

C/E

pair we’ll be

Fsus

F

the Wizard and I.

Am7

Dm7

G/B

G

Yes,

C

what

Dm7

a

C/E

pair we’ll be

Fsus

F

the Wizard and

Badd2

Unlimited,

my future is

Ebmadd2

un

Badd2

li

Gb(add2)/Db

mi

Gbmaj7

ted.

And I’ve just had a

Bbadd2

vision

almost

Bbm(add4)

like a prophe

Ebm(add4)

cy.

Abdim/D

I

know,

Gb/Db

it sounds truly

Db7sus2

crazy,

and

Gb/Db

true, the vision’s

Db7sus2

hazy.

Aadd2

But I

Amaj7

swear,

some

A6

day there’ll

Dadd2

be

a

Gb/Db

celebration

F/Db

throughout

Oz,

that’s

B/Db

all to do with

Bb7sus

me!

Bb7

Bb7sus

Bb7

Gm7

Gm(add2)

Bbmaj7/C

C7

B

And I’ll

B

stand there

Bsus/C#

with the Wi

Bsus/F#

zard

feeling

B

things I’ve

Bsus/C#

never felt.

Bsus/F#

B

And though I’d

Bsus2/A#

never

G#m7

show it

Bsus2/G#

G#m7

I’d be so

C#m7

happy,

B/E

I could

F#sus

melt.

F#

And

G#m7

so it will

Bsus/C#

be

for

F#/A#

the rest of my

B/D#

life,

and I’ll

G#m7

want nothing

Bsus/C#

else

’til I

F#5

die.

F#sus

F#

Held

B

in

C#m7

such

B/D#

high

es

Esus

teem,

E

when people

C

see

Dm7

me

C/E

they will

Fsus

scream.

F

For half of

C

Oz’

Csus/D

s

C/E

favorite

team,

Fm(maj7)/Ab

G7sus

the Wizard and

C

I.

Dm7

G

Am(add2)

Am

Fadd2

Db(add#4)

B(addb6)

C

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