Popular Chords by Kristin Chenoweth

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project.
You really don't have to do that.
I know.
_ That's what makes me so [Fm] nice. _
_ [Am] _ Whenever [C] [D] I see someone [G] less fortunate than [C] I
[Am] And let's face [D] it, who isn't?
[G] Less fortunate [F] than I, my [Eb] tender heart tends [Db] to start [C] to bleed
[Am] And when someone [D] needs a makeover, [G] I simply [C] have to take over
[Ab] I know, I know, _ exactly what [G] they need
_ [Gm] And even in your [C] case, [Am] _ though it's the toughest case [D] I've yet to face
[Gm] Don't worry, [Eb] I'm determined to [C] succeed
_ _ [F] _
[C] Follow [G] my lead, and yes, _
[C] indeed, _ [Bb] you [A] will _
[G] be _ _ [F] _ [C] popular
You're [Bbm] gonna be [F] popular
[C] I'll [Dm] teach you the proper [C] poise [Dm] when you [Am] talk to [Bb] boys
Little ways [C] to [F] flirt and flounce
[A] I'll show you [Dm] what shoes [F] to wear, how to fix your [G] hair
[Bb] Everything that [C] really [F] counts
You're gonna be [C] popular
_ I'll help you [Bb] be [F] popular
[C] You'll hang with [Dm] the right [Am] cohorts, [Dm] you'll be [Am] good at sports
[Bb] Know the [C] slang you've [D] got to know, so [Gm] let's start
Cause you've got an awfully [C] long [F] way to [Gm] go
[Ab]
[F] Don't [Db] be offended by my frank [Ab] analysis
Think of it as personality [Dbm] dialysis
Now that I've chosen to become a [Eb] policy-ster and advisor
[Db] There's nobody [C] wilder, [Fm] not when [F] it comes to [C] popular
_ I know [Bb] about [F] popular
[C] And with an [Dm] assist [Am] from me [Dm] to be [Am] who you'll be
[Bb] Instead [A] of dreary [Dm] who you were, [F] well, are
[Bb] There's [Dm] nothing that can [Bb] stop you from [C] becoming [F] popular _ _ _ _ _
[C] We're _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] gonna make you _ [C] [F] popular
_ [Gm] _
[Abm] _ [F] _ [A] [Bm] When I see depressing [A] [Dm] creatures [A] with _ [Dm] unprepossessing [G] features
[Am] I remind [Bbm] _
[G] [C] me how to [A] think of _
[Bm] [A] celebrated heads of [Dm] state
Or especially [Am] [Dm] great [G] communicators
[Am] Did they [Gm] have [G] brains or [C] knowledge?
Don't make me laugh, [Ab] [F] they were [C] popular
Please, it's all [Bb] about [F] popular
[C] It's not [Dm] about [Am] aptitude, [Dm] it's the [Am] way you're viewed
So [Dm] it's very shrewd to [G] be [Bb] very, very [C] popular
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] [F] Like me
Why, [A] _ [Bm] _ [A] Miss Elphaba, [Dm] _ [Em]
[Dm] look at you, _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] you're beautiful
[C] I _ _ have to go _ _
You're welcome
And [D] though you [F] protest [D] your [F] disinterest _ _
[Bb] I know [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] clandestiny
[G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] You're gonna grin and bear it, think you've [C] found [F] popularity
_ Ah, be _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
popular, [Bb] just not quite as [Fm] popular _
[C] as [F] me
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _