i know it's today - etcbackstage.org · irxu kxq guhg ' dqg 1 & wzhq w\ wkuhh (, nqrz...

$: I Know It's Today - etcbackstage.org · irxu kxq guhg ' dqg 1 & wzhq w\ wkuhh (, nqrz % lw¶v wr $ gd\ , rrk nqrz % lw¶v wr, ( gd\ nqrz lw¶v, wr nqrz rrk gd\ % lw¶v wr 7hhq)lrqd$
From: “Shrek: The Musical”

I Know It’s Today

by

JEANINE TESORI

Lyrics by DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE

Published Under License From

BMG Rights Management

© 2008 DWA Songs (ASCAP) and That's Music To My Ears (ASCAP)Worldwide Rights for DWA Songs and That's Music To My Ears Administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.

International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

Authorized for use by Louis Lagalante

NOTICE: Purchasers of this musical file are entitled to use it for their personal enjoyment and musical fulfillment.However, any duplication, adaptation, arranging and/or transmission of this copyrighted music requires the writtenconsent of the copyright owner(s) and of Musicnotes.com. Unauthorized uses are infringements of the copyrightlaws of the United States and other countries and may subject the user to civil and/or criminal penalties.

Musicnotes.com

Moderately fast

D

D

“There’s a prin - cess

Em/D

in a tow - er.”

A7/D

Oh, my gosh, that’s

D

just like me. “Poor Ra - pun - zel

Em/D

needs a hair - cut,

with pedal

(8va)

(8va)

8va

8va

Young Fiona:

Copyright © 2008 DWA Songs (ASCAP) and That’s Music To My Ears (ASCAP)Worldwide Rights for DWA Songs and That’s Music To My Ears Administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc.

International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

Music byJeanine Tesori

Words byDavid Lindsay-Abaire

I Know It’s Today

Authorized for use by: Louis LagalanteMusicnotes.com

A7/D

but the witch won’t set

D

her free. She

G/B

pass - es time by sing

A/C

- ing,” like

F /A

some-one else I know.

Bm

“As

G/B

years go by, she sits

A/C

and waits.”

F /A N.C.

“A

G/B

tor - tur - ous ex - is

Cm

- tence.”

A/C Dm

“She

B /D

wish - es she were

E m

dead.”

N.C.

“But

2

3

3

(8va)

As

years go by? Uh, oh... I

don’t re-mem - ber this part. Skip a - head, skip a - head...


in

B/F

the end, Ra - pun - zel

F 5

finds a mil - lion-aire. The prince

B/F

is good at climb - ing

and braid - ing gold

Esus2/F

- en

F

hair.” So I know

D A/C

he’ll ap - pear

G/B A/C

’cause there are rules

D

and there

A/C

are stric -

G/B

- tures.

A/C D

I be - lieve the sto

Gsus2

- ry - books I read

3


by can - dle - light.

A

My white

D

knight and

A/C

his steed

G/B A/C

will

D

look just like

A/C

these pic

Bm

- tures. It

B7

won’t be long now, I guar - an - tee.

C

G

Day num - ber

A7sus4

twen - ty - three.

D A/C

4


G/B

I know it’s

A/C

to - day,

D A/C G/B

I know it’s

A/C

to -

D

day.

E/D G

A D

D

“There’s a prin - cess

Em/D

in a co - ma.”

A7/D

Glad it’s her in -

5

(8va)

8va

8va

cresc.

Teen Fiona:


D

stead of me. “Pret - ty maid - en

Em/D

in a glass box.”

A7/D

How, I won - der, does

D

she pee?

G/B

“poi - son ap

A/C

- ple.”

F /A

“e - vil queen.”

Bm G/B A/C

Sev - en

F /A

short-ies on the scene.

Bm N.C.

But in

B/F

the end, the prin - cess

F 5

wakes up with a start. The

6

(8va)

(8va)

Blah, blah, blah, blah... Bor - ing,

bor - ing... Fill-er, fill-er... been there, read that. Skip a -

head, skip a - head...


prince

B/F

is good at kiss - ing and melt - ing

Eadd2/F

Snow White’s

F

heart. So I know

D A

he’ll ap - pear

G A

and his

D

ar - mor will

A

be blind

G

- ing,

A D

as shin - ing as

Gsus2

his per - fect teeth and man - ly hose.

A

He’ll pro - pose

7


D A

on one knee

G A

and our

D

pre - nup will

A/C

be bind -

Bm

- ing. A

B7

- bout time we set a wed - ding date.

C G

Day num - ber nine hun

A7sus4

- dred and fif - ty - eight.

D A G

I know

A

it’s to

D

- day.

A

8


G

He’ll show up to

D

- day.

G

C

Ay.

F

There’s a prin - cess,

Gm/F

an - y prin - cess,

C7/F

take your pick, they’re

F

all like me.

Not ex - act - ly.

Gm/F

I’m still wait - ing;

C7/F

they’re out liv - ing

9

Adult Fiona:


F

hap - pi - ly. Ev-er

Gm

af - ter bet - ter

C

get here. I want

A/C

love in sec-onds

Dm

flat.

Gm/B

No one needs these mid

C

- dle bits.

A/C N.C.

Cut the

vil

G7/B

-lains, cut the vamp

C

-ing,

A/C

cut this fair - y tale.

Dm

Cut the

B 7/D

per - il and the

E

pit - falls, cut the

C7/E

pup - pet and the

Fm

whale. Cut the

F m/C

mon - sters, cut the

C

curs - es, keep the

10

Whoops, did I do that?


F m/C

in - tro, cut the

C

vers - es and the

F m/C

wait - ing, the wait - ing, the

C

wait - ing, the wait - ing, the wait - ing.

But I know

D A

he’ll ap - pear,

G A

though I

D

seem a bit

A

bi - po -

11

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3


G

- lar,

A D

and I’m a van

Gsus2

- dal now as well.

Hope he won’t mind.

A

I’m a find.

D A

I’m a catch

G A

and a

D

ver - y gift

A/C

- ed bowl

Bm

- er. It

B7

won’t be long now, I guar - an - tee.

C

12


G

Day num - ber...

A7sus4

Are you

Cmaj7

there, God? It’s me, Fi -

Bm7

o - na. It’s me, Fi

Am7

- o - na!

Am

Now, I know

E B

he’ll ap - pear

A B

’cause there are

E

rules and there

B

are stric

A

- tures.

B

13

All:

cresc.


E

I be - lieve the sto

A

- ry - books I read by can - dle - light.

Bsus4 B

My white

E

knight, my knight and his

A

steed

B

will

E

look just like

B/D

these pic

C m

- tures. It

C 7

won’t be long

now, I guar - an - tee.

D C

Day num - ber

14

3

3

Young Fiona:


D

twen - ty - three.Day num - ber

A

nineDayfif - ty

num- eight.

- ber

B

eight thou - sand,

C

four hun - dred

D

and

N.C.

twen - ty - three.

E

I know

B

it’s to -

A

day,

I

ooh.

know

B

it’s to

I

E

- day,

know it’s

I

to

know

ooh.

- day,

B

it’s to -

15

Teen Fiona:

Adult Fiona:

Young Fiona:

Teen Fiona:

Adult Fiona:


A

day,

ooh.

I

ooh.

know

B

it’s to

I

E

- day,

know it’s

I

to

know

ooh.

- day.

B

it’s to

A

day.

N.C.

I

I

I

know

know

know

it’s

it’s

it’s

to

to

to

E

- day.

- day.

- day.

D E

16


i know it's today - etcbackstage.org · irxu kxq guhg ' dqg 1 & wzhq w\ wkuhh (, nqrz...

Documents