From: “Shrek: The Musical”
I Know It’s Today
by
JEANINE TESORI
Lyrics by DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
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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:
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Music byJeanine Tesori
Words byDavid Lindsay-Abaire
I Know It’s Today
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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...
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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
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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
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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:
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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...
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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
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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
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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:
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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?
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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 -
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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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
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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
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All:
cresc.
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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:
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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 -
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Teen Fiona:
Adult Fiona:
Young Fiona:
Teen Fiona:
Adult Fiona:
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