Look in’ for ward from (C)cen ter (G)stage to grad u (C)a tion (G)day, time to (F)get the fu ture start ed.
When we leave, what we (C)take with (G)us, no (C)mat ter (G)what, it’s (F)some thing we’re a part of.
We learned to fly
to geth er, side by side.
I just hope the (C)rest of my life
will feel as good as my (Eb)high school (Bb)mu si cal.
Who (F)says we have to (C)let it go?
(Eb)It’s the best part we’ve ev er known; step in to the fu ture, but hold on to (Eb)high school (Bb)mu si cal.
Let’s (F)cel e brate where we come from, the (Eb)friends who’ve been there all a long, just like
a high school (D7sus)(High school) (G)mu si (D7sus)cal.
Im prov i sa tion with (C)out a (G)script.
No one’s (C)writ ten (G)it, and (F)now we have a chance to.
But some day we’ll be (C)look ing (G)back.
Mem o (C)ries we’ll (G)have of the (F)songs that we lived through.
Now we fin al ly (C)re al ize
who we are.
It just (D)took some time.
We had to live, and to (C)learn to see the (G)truth,
that noth ing’s ev er im (C)pos si ble.
In to the fu ture we all free fall and pray for ev er we’ll (C)al ways have high (D)school.
Time to par ty, now cel e brate,
’cause the world’s one big stage, but an y part you want can be (D)yours.
Ev ’ry bod y sing, yeah.
And the show is nev er gon na close.
It’s what got us here, we know.
High school lives on for (D)ev er more.
high school (D7sus)(High school) (G)mu si (D7sus)cal.
(Eb)High school (Bb)mu si cal.
Who (F)says we have to (C)let it go?
(Eb)It’s the best part we’ve ev er known; step in to the fu ture, but hold on to (Eb)high school (Bb)mu si cal.
Let’s (F)cel e brate where we come from, the (Eb)friends who’ve been there all a long, oh yeah.
(Eb)High school (Bb)mu si cal.
Who (F)says we have to (C)let it go?
(Eb)It’s the best part we’ve ev er known; step in to the fu ture, but hold on to (Eb)high school (Bb)mu si cal.
Let’s (F)cel e brate where we come from, the (Eb)friends who’ve been there all a long, oh yeah.
come from.
All to geth er makes it bet ter.
Mem o ries that (Bb)last for ev er.
I want the rest of my life to (Ab)feel just like a
(Eb6)high (Bb)school mu (Eb6)si (Bb)cal.
This page shows “High School Musical” by High School Musical 3 in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 160 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.