From: “Shrek: The Musical”

Who I'd Be

by

JEANINE TESORI

Lyrics by: DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE

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G G sus4 G G sus2 G G sus4

G G sus2 D /A

I guess I’d be a he -

G

- ro with sword and ar

D /F

- mor

E m

clash - ing, look - ing

G /B

sem - i -

with pedal

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Music by

Jeanine Tesori

Words by

David Lindsay-Abaire

Who I’d Be

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Moderately, in tempo

A /C

dash-ing, a shield with - in my grip.

D

Or else, I’d

D /F

be a Vi -

G add2

- king and live a life

D /F

of

E m

der - ring, while smell-ing

G maj7/B

like a

A /C

her - ring. Up - on a Vi - king ship

G sus2

I’d sail a - way

D add2/F

I’d see the world

G sus2

I’d reach the far

Fm7

- thest reach - es.

G sus2

I’d feel the wind,

D /F

I’d taste the

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G add2

salt

G

and sea

F7/A

and may

B madd2 B m

- be storm

A /CA add2/C

some

G sus2

beach - es. That’s who I’d be. That’s who I’d

D

be. Or I could be

D /F

a po

G

- et and write a dif

D /F

- f’rent

E m7

sto - ry, one that tells

G /B

of

A /C

glo - ry and wipes a - way the lies.

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D

In - to the skies

D /F

I’d

G sus2

throw it. The stars would do

D /F

the

E m7

tell-ing, the moon would help

G /B

with

A /C

spell-ing, and night would dot the “i’s.”

G sus2

I’d write a verse,

D add2/F

re - cite a joke

G sus2

with wit and

Fm7

per - fect tim - ing.

G sus2

I’d share my heart,

D add2/F

con - fess the

G add2

things

G

I yearn,

F7/A

and do

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B m

it all

A /C

while

G sus2

rhym - ing. But we all

learn. But we all learn.

C sus2

An o - gre al - ways

G /B

hides.

C sus2

An o - gre’s fate is known.

G /B

C sus2

An o - gre al - ways

G /B

stays

A /C

in the dark and all a -

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3

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Cm7

lone.

B sus4 B

D

So yes, I’d

D/F

be a he

G

- ro. And it my wish

D/F

were grant -

Em7

- ed, life would be

G/B

en-chant

A/C

- ed, or so the sto - ries say

D

Of course, I’d be a he

G/B

- ro, and

G

I would scale

D/F

a

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Em7

tow - er to save a hot

G/B

- house flow

A/C

-er

A

and car - ry her a - way.

Gsus2

But stand - ing guard

Dadd2/F

would be a beast.

Gsus2

I’d some - how

F m7

o - ver - whelm it.

Gsus2

I’d get the girl,

Dadd2/F

I’d take a breath,

Gsus2

and I’d re - move

F m7

my hel - met.

N.C. Gsus2

We’d stand and stare.

D/F

We’d speak of

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Gsus2

love. We’d feel the stars

D/F

as - cend - ing.

Gsus2

We’d share a kiss,

D/F

I’d find my

G

des - ti - ny

F

I’d have

Bmadd2 Bm

a he

Asus2 A

- ro’s end -

Gsus2

- ing, a

Bm

per - fect

A

hap - py

Gsus2

end - ing. That’s how it would be, a

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3 3

3

3

3 3

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Em7

big bright

D/F

beau - ti - ful world.

Gsus2

A7sus4

But not for me.

Gsus2/B

An o - gre al - ways

D/A

hides.

Gsus2

An o - gre’s fate is

D/F

known.

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Fiona:

dim.

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Gsus2/B

An

An

o

o

- gre

- gre

al

al

- ways

- ways

stays

stays

Aadd2/C

in

in

the

the

dark.

dark

You’re all a -

C m

lone.

All

All

a

a

Bsus2

- lone.

- lone.

B

And I

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Donkey:

cresc.

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E

know

So yes, I’ll

he’ll

E /G

ap

be

- pear

a he

A

- ro, and if my

’cause

E /G

there

wish

are

were grant-

Fm7

rules

- ed,

and

All

there

life would be

A /E

are

a

en-chant

B /D

stric

- lone.

- ed, or

B

- tures.

so the sto - ries say.

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E

You

I

need

be

a

Of

- lieve

course,

pal,

I’d

the

be

sto

a

my

he

A

cal

- ro,

- ry

- en - dar’s

and

- books

I

o

would scale

I

E /G

- pen.

a

read

Fm7

tow - er

by

to

can

save a hot

- dle

- house

Ya

B

- light.

flow

need

- er and car - ry her a - way.

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A sus2/C

me.

B /D

A

A

A

per

Cm

7

per

per

- fect

- fect

- fect

hap

B /D

hap

hap

- py

- py

- py

A

end

end

end

- ing;

- ing;

- ing;

that’s

that’s

that’s

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how

Fm7

how

how

it

B sus2

it

it

should

should

should

E

be.

E maj7/G

be.

be.

A E /B E

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