What Else Can I Do?

What Else Can I Do?

Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz, Encanto, 2021

Writer: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producers: Mike Elizondo, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Label: Walt Disney

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B 
 
E 
 
I just made something unex
B/F# 
pected
 
G#m 
something sharp,  
B/F# 
something 
 
new…
 
E 
 
It’s not symmetrical or  
B/F# 
perfect
 
but it’s beautiful  
G#m 
and it’s mine.  
Em/G 
 
What else can I  
B 
do?
 
(Bring it in, bring it in)  
F#/C# 

(Good talk, bring it in, bring it in)

 
What else can I  
G#m/D# 
do?

(Let’s walk, bring it in, bring it in

 
Free hugs,  
F# 
bring it in, bring it in)
 
B 
I grow rows and  
F#/C# 
rows of roses,
 
G#m/D# 
flor de mayo,  
F#/C# 
by the mile.
 
B 
I make perfect,  
F#/C# 
practiced 
 
poses.
 
G#m/D# 
So much hides be
F# 
hind my smile.
 
G 
What could I do if I just  
A 
grew
 
what I was feelin’ in the  
B 
moment?
 
(Do you  
Bmaj7 
know where you’re going?)
 
G 
What could I do if I just  
A 
knew
 
it didn’t need to be pe
F# 
rfect?
 
It just needed to be?  
B/F# 

And they’d let me be?

 
E 
 
A hurricane of jaca
B/F# 
randas,
 
G#m 
strangling figs (big),
 
B/F# 
hanging vines. (this is fine)  
E 
 
Palma de cera fills the  
B/F# 
air as I  
G#m 
climb
 
and  
G#m7 
I push through,  
Em/G 
 
what  
F# 
else can I  
A 
do?
 
Can I deliver us a river of sun
B 
dew?
 
Careful, it’s car
F#/A# 
nivorous,
 
a little just won’t  
A 
do.
 
I wanna feel the shiver of something  
F#/A# 
new.

I’m so sick of pretty, I want something true,

 
don’t  
G#m 
you?
 
You just seem like your  
D#m 
life’s been a dream
 
since the  
E 
moment you opened your  
B/F# 
eyes.
 
(How far do these  
Bmaj7 
roots go  
G#m 
down?)
 
All I know are the  
D#m 
blossoms you grow
 
but it’s a
E 
wesome to see how you  
F# 
rise

(How far can I rise?)

through the roof, to the skies,

let’s go!

 
F 
 
A hurricane of jaca
C/G 
randas,
 
Am 
strangling figs (go),
 
C/G 
hanging vines. (grow)  
F 
 
Palma de cera fills the  
C/G 
air as I  
Am 
climb
 
and I push  
G#m 
through.
 
What  
G 
else, what else?
 
G# 
What can you do when you are
 
A# 
deeply, madly, truly in the  
C 
moment?
 
(Seize the  
G/B 
moment, keep goin’)  
Ab 

What can you do when you know

 
Bb 
who you wanna be is impe
G/B 
rfect?
 
But I’ll still be o
C 
kay

(Hey, everybody clear the way)

 
F 
 
I’m comin’ through with tabe
Cadd2/G 
buia

(she’s comin’ through with that boo-yeah)

 
Am 
Making waves (making waves),
 
Cadd2/G 
changing minds (you’ve changed mine).  
F 
 
The way is clearer ’cause you’re  
Cadd2/G 
here
 
and well, I  
Am 
owe this all to  
G# 
you
 
What  
G 
else can I  
Am 
do?
 
(Show ’em what you can do)  
F 
 
What else can I  
C/G 
do?
 
(There’s nothing you can’t do)  
F 
 
What  
C/G 
else can  
G 
 
 
C 
do?
 
G 
 
F 
 
C 
 
G 
 
C