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This is the song Popular from the musical Wicked. It was composed by Stephen
Schwartz. The tuning is Standard (EADGBe). Enjoy!!!
Here are all the chords
Am Am/G D/F# G/B Cadd9 Fadd9 F/Eb Eb Eb/C# C# Abadd9 Bbadd9/Ab
e 0 0 X 3 0 3 1 1 3 1 6 1
B 1 1 3 0 3 1 1 2 4 2 4 1
G 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 5 3
D 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 X 3 6 0
A 0 X 0 2 3 X X 4 4 4 X X
E X 1 2 X X X X X X X X 4
Gsus2(add9) G Gm C Am7 Bb/Eb F/Bb Dm7/G G9 F Bbsus2 C/E Dm Am/C Bbmaj7 A7/E
3 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
1 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 10 1 1 1 3 1 3 2
2 0 3 0 0 2 2 2 10 2 3 0 2 2 2 0
0 0 5 2 2 1 3 0 9 3 3 2 0 2 3 2
X 2 5 3 0 X 1 0 10 3 1 0 X 3 1 0
3 3 3 X X X X 3 X 1 X X X X X 0
F+C# F Bm7b5 Bb Gm7 A7sus4 D Gm7/Bb Csus4 Gm7(no5) G#dim7 F/A C#(B5)/Ab
X 1 X 1 X 3 2 3 3 X 1 1 X
2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 X 0 1 X
2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 1 2 6
4 3 3 3 3 2 0 3 4 3 0 3 5
5 3 2 1 X 0 X 1 3 X X 0 4
X X X X 3 X X X X 3 X X 4
Abmaj7 Eb6/9 C#m7 C#m6/Ab Bbm6/C# A7/C# F7/C# Dm/A Bm7(no5) Adim/C A/C# A/E
3 6 4 0 X 3 5 1 X X X 0
1 6 5 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 2
1 5 4 3 3 2 5 3 2 2 2 2
1 5 6 X 5 2 3 0 1 1 2 2
X 6 4 4 4 4 3 0 3 3 4 0
X X X 4 X X X X X X X 0
Dm/F Am7(no5) Gdim/Bb G/B Bm7(no5) A7sus4 E7sus4 A7/G
1 X 0 3 X 3 0 0
3 X 2 0 3 3 0 2
2 5 0 0 2 4 2 0
3 5 2 0 0 4 0 2
X X 1 2 2 0 2 0
X 5 X X X X 0 3
Am Am/G D/F# G/B Cadd9
Whenever I see someone less fortunate than I
Am Am/G D/F# G/B Fadd9
And let's face it, who isn't, less fortunate than I?
F/Eb Eb Eb/C# C# Cadd9
My tender heart tends to start to bleed
Am Am/G D/F# G/B Cadd9
And when someone needs a makeover I simply have to take over
Abadd9 Bbadd9/Ab Gsus2(add9) G
I know I know exactly what they need
Gm C
And even in your case
Am7 D/F#
Though it's the toughest case I've yet to face
Gm Bb/Eb Cadd9 C
Don't worry, I'm determined to succeed
F/Bb Cadd9 Dm7/D
Follow my lead
G9 C
And yes indeed
You will be
F C
Bbsus2 F
You're gonna be pop-u-u-lar
C/E Dm Am/C Dm Am/C
I'll teach you the proper ploys when you talk to boys
Bbmaj7 C F
Little ways to flirt and flounce
A7/E Dm F+/C# F Bm7b5
I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair
Bb Gm7 C
Everything that really counts to be
F C
Bbadd9 F
I'll help you be Pop-u-u-lar
C/E Dm Am/C
You'll hang with the right cohorts
Dm Am/C
You'll be good at sports
Bbmaj7 C A7sus4
Know the slang you've got to know
D Gm7 Gm7/Bb Csus4 C F Gm7(no5)
So let's start, 'cause you've got an awfully long way to go
G#dim7 F/A C# C#(B5)/Ab C# Bb(B5)/A7
Don't be offended by my frank an*lysis
Abmaj7 Eb6/9
Think of it as personality dialysis
C#m7 C#m6/Ab Bbm7 C#m/Ab
Now that I've chosen to become a pal a sis-
Eb
ter and adviser
Bbm6/C#
There's nobody wiser
C
Not when it comes to
F C
Bbadd9 F
I know about pop-u-u-lar
C/E Dm Am/C
And with an assist from me
Dm Am/C
To be who you'll be
Bbmaj7 A7sus4 A7/C# Dm
Instead of drearing who you were... are
F7/C Bb Dm/A
There's nothing that can stop you
Gm7 C F
F C Bbadd9 F
La La La La
Gm7 Bb Bbadd9/C C F Gm7(no5) G#dim7 F/A
We're gonna make you pop - u-lar
A Bm7(no5) Adim/C A/C#
When i see depressing creatures
Dm A/E Dm/F
With unpreposessing features
G Am7(no5) Gdim/Bb G/B C
I remind them on their own behalf to think of
A Bm7(no5) Adim/C A/C#
Celebrated heads of state
Dm A/E Dm/F G
Or specially great communicators
Am7(no5) Gdim/Bb G/B
Did they have brains or knowledge?
C
Don't make me laugh
F C
They were popular, please
Bbadd9 F
It's all about pop-u-u - lar
C/E Dm Am/C
It's not about aptitude
Dm Am/C
It's the way you're viewed
Bbaj7 A7sus4 A7 Dm7 G9
So it's very shrewd to be
Gm7 Bb Csus4 C F
Very very popu - lar like me
-Dialogue-
Dm Am/C Dm Am/C
And though you protest your disinterest
Bbmaj7 E7sus4 A7/G Dm G
I know clandes - tine - ly
Gm7 Gm7
You're gonna grin and bear it
Csus4 C F
Your new found popularity
F C Bbadd9 F
La La La La
You'll be popular
Gm7 Bb Gm7 Bb Csus4
Just not quite as popular
C F Bbadd9 C F
As me