Popular – Wicked
Kristin Chenoweth, 2003. Ariana Grande, 2024.
Writer: Stephen Schwartz
Label: Decca Broadway
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When
Am
ever
Am/G
I see
D/F#
someone
less
G/B
fortunate than
Cadd2
I,
and let’s
Am
face it,
Am/G
who
D/F#
isn’t less
G/B
fortunate than
Fadd2
I?
My
F/Eb
tender
Eb
heart
Eb/Db
tends to
Db
start to
Cadd2
bleed.
And when
Am
someone
Am/G
needs a
D/F#
makeover
I
G/B
simply have to
Cadd2
take
over!
I
Abadd2
know, I know ex
Bbadd2/Ab
actly what they
Gsus2
need!
G
And
Gm
even in your
C
case,
though it’s the
Am7
toughest case I’ve
D/F#
yet to face,
don’t
Gm
worry, I’m de
Bb/Eb
termined to suc
Cadd2
ceed!
C
Fo
F/Bb
llow my
Cadd2
lead
Dm7/G
and
G9
yes
in
C
deed, you will be…
F
Popular!
C
You’re gonna be
Bbsus2
popu
F
lar!
I’ll
C/E
teach you the
Dm
proper ploys
Am/C
when you
Dm
talk to boys,
Am/C
little
Bbmaj7
ways to
C
flirt and flounce
F
Ooh!
I’ll show you
A7/E
what
Dm
shoes to wear,
Faug/C#
how to
F/C
fix your hair,
Bm7b5
Bb
everything
Gm7
that really
C
counts to be
F
Popular!
C
I’ll help you be
Bbadd2
popu
F
lar!
You’ll
C/E
hang with the
Dm
right cohorts,
Am/C
you’ll be
Dm
good at sports,
Am/C
know the
Bbmaj7
slang you’ve
C
got to know.
A7sus
D
So let’s
Gm7
start
’cause you’ve got an
Gm7/Bb
awfully
long
Csus
way
C
to
F
go!
Gm7
G#dim7
F/A
Db
Don’t be of
Db(b5)/Ab
fended by my
Db
frank
an
Db(b5)/Ab
alysis
Abmaj7
think of it as personality dialy
Eb6
sis.
Dbm7
Now that I’ve
Dbm6/Ab
chosen to be
Dbm7
come a pal,
Dbm6/Ab
a sis
Eb
ter and advisor,
there’s
Bbm6/Db
nobody
wiser!
Not
C
when it comes to
F
Popular!
C
I know about
Bbadd2
popu
F
lar.
And with
C/E
an
as
Dm
sist from me,
Am/C
to be
Dm
who you’ll be,
Am/C
in
Bbmaj7
stead of dreary
A7sus
who you
A7/C#
were
Dm
well, are.
F7/C
There’s
Bb
nothing that can stop
Dm/A
you
from
Gm7
becoming
pop-
C
you-
F
ler…
lar
F
La
C
la,
Bbadd2
la
F
la!
Gm7
We’re gonna
Bb
make you
Bbadd2/C
pop-
C
you-
F
lar!
Gm7
G#dim7
F/A
A
When I
Bm7
see
de
Adim/C
pressing
crea
A/C#
tures,
Dm
with
un
A/E
preposses
Dm/F
sing
features,
G
I
re
Am7
mind them
Gdim/Bb
on their own
G/B
be
C
half, to think of…
A
Cele
Bm7
brated
Adim/C
heads of
A/C#
state
or
Dm
specially
A/E
great
co
Dm/F
mmunicators!
G
Did
Am7
they have
Gdim/Bb
brains or know
G/B
ledge?
C
Don’t make me laugh!
They were
F
popular!
C
Please!
It’s all about
Bbadd2
popu
F
lar
It’s
C/E
not about
Dm
aptitude
Am/C
It’s the
Dm
way you’re viewed
Am/C
So it’s
Bbmaj7
very
A7sus
shrewd
A7
to be
Dm7
Gadd2
Gm7
Very very pop
Bb
u
Csus
lar
C
like
F
me!
And though
Dm
you protest
Am/C
Your dis
Dm
interest
Am/C
Bbmaj7
I know clan
E7sus
des
A7/G
tine
Dm
ly
G
You’re
Gm7
gonna grin and bear
Bb
it!
Your
Csus
new found popula
C
ri
F
ty!
F
La
C
la,
Bbadd2
la
F
la!
G
La
D
la,
Csus
la
G
la!
Bbadd2
La
F
la,
Dm
oo
C
h!
Gm
You’ll be popular!
Gm7
Just
Bb
not
Gm7
quite as
Bb
popu
Csus
lar
C
as
F
me!
C
Bbadd2
C
F