Misc Musicals – Wicked - Popular (Guitar)

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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/Db Db Abadd9 Bbadd9/Ab
e  0  0    x    3   0     3     1    3  3     1  6      1
B 1 1 3 0 3 1 1 4 4 2 4 1 G 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 3 3 1 5 3 D 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 5 x 3 6 0 A 0 x 0 2 3 x x 6 4 4 x x E x 3 2 x x x x x x x x 4
D7sus4/G 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   3     1    1     10  1  1      1   3  1    3      2
2        0  3  0  0   3     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      x   x  3    1      0
3        3  3  x  x   x     x    3     x   1  x      x   x  x    x      0

Faug/C# F/C Bm7-5 Bb Gm7 A7sus4 D  Gm7/Bb Csus4 Gm7(no5) G#dim7 F/A Db(b5)/Ab
x       1   x     1  x   3      2  3      3     x        1      1   x
2       1   3     3  3   3      3  3      6     x        0      1   x
2       2   2     3  3   2      2  3      5     3        1      2   6
3       3   3     3  3   2      0  3      5     3        0      3   5
4       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 Dbm7 Dbm6/Ab Bbm6/Db A7/C# F7/C Dm/A Bbadd9/C 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    3    1        1      2    2
1      5     4    3       3       2     5    2    3        2      2    2
1      5     6    x       5       2     3    0    0        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

F6  Am7(no5) Gdim/Bb G/B Bm7(no5) E7sus4 A7/G
1   x        0       3   x        0      0
3   x        2       0   3        0      2
2   5        0       0   2        2      0            
3   5        2       0   0        0      2
x   x        1       2   2        2      0                
x   5        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/Db    Db       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       D7sus4/G 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
Popular

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            Faug/C#     F/C           Bm7-5
I'll show you what shoes to wear,     how to fix your hair

Bb         Gm7         C
Everything that really counts to be

F       C
Popular

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      A7sus
Know the slang you've got to know

D        Gm7                         Gm7/Bb      Csus   C   F  Gm7 (no 5)
 So let's start, 'cause you've got an awfully long    way to go

G#dim7 F/A Db           Db(b5)/Ab    Db      Db(b5)/Ab
             Don't be offended by my frank analysis

Abmaj7                          Eb6/9
Think of it as personality dialysis

Dbm7              Dbm6/Ab     Bbm7      Dbm/Ab
    Now that I've chosen to become a pal a sis-

Eb
  ter and adviser

       Bbm6/Db
There's nobody wiser

   C
Not when it comes to

F       C
Popular

             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
From becomming popu-ler... lar

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   F6
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

        Bbmaj7 A7sus4 A7 Dm7 G9
So it's very   shrewd to be

Gm7          Bb  Csus4 C    F
Very very popu - lar   like me
[Spoken]
           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