Popular – simplified

Popular – Wicked

Kristin Chenoweth, 2003. Ariana Grande, 2024.

Writer: Stephen Schwartz

Label: Decca Broadway

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When

Am
ever
Am7
I see
D
someone
less
G
fortunate than
C
I,
and let’s
Am
face it,
Am7

who
D
isn’t less
G
fortunate than
F
I?
My
F7
tender
D#
heart
D#7
tends to
C#
start to
C
bleed.

And when

Am
someone
Am7
needs a
D
makeover
I
G
simply have to
C
take over!
I
G#
know, I know ex
A#7
actly what they
Gsus
need!
G

And

Gm
even in your
C
case,
though it’s the
Am7
toughest case I’ve
D
yet to face,
don’t
Gm
worry, I’m de
A#
termined to suc
C
ceed!

Fo

F
llow my
C
lead
Dm7

and
G
yes in
C
deed, you will be…

F
Popular!
C

You’re gonna be
A#sus
popu
F
lar!
I’ll
C
teach you the
Dm
proper ploys
Am

when you
Dm
talk to boys,
Am

little
A#maj7
ways to
C
flirt and flounce
F

Ooh!

I’ll show you

A
what
Dm
shoes to wear,
F

how to fix your hair,
Bm7

A#
everything
Gm7
that really
C
counts to be

F
Popular!
C

I’ll help you be
A#
popu
F
lar!
You’ll
C
hang with the
Dm
right cohorts,
Am

you’ll be
Dm
good at sports,
Am

know the
A#maj7
slang you’ve
C
got to know.
A7
D

So let’s

Gm7
start
’cause you’ve got an
Gm7
awfully long
Csus
way
C
to
F
go!

Gm7
G#dim
F

C#

Don’t be of

C#
fended by my frank an
C#
alysis
G#maj7
think of it as personality dialy
D#6
sis.
C#m7

Now that I’ve
C#m6
chosen to be
C#m7
come a pal,
C#m6

a sis
D#
ter and advisor,
there’s
A#m6
nobody wiser!
Not
C
when it comes to

F
Popular!
C

I know about
A#
popu
F
lar.
And with
C
an as
Dm
sist from me,
Am

to be
Dm
who you’ll be,
Am

in
A#maj7
stead of dreary
A7
who you were
Dm

well, are.
F7

There’s

A#
nothing that can stop
Dm
you
from
Gm7
becoming pop-
C
you-
F
ler… lar

F
La
C
la,
A#
la
F
la!
Gm7

We’re gonna
A#
make you
A#7
pop-
C
you-
F
lar!

Gm7
G#dim
F

A
When I
Bm7
see de
Adim
pressing crea
A
tures,
Dm
with un
A
preposses
Dm
sing features,
G
I re
Am7
mind them
Gdim
on their own
G

be

C
half, to think of…

A
Cele
Bm7
brated
Adim
heads of
A
state

or

Dm
specially
A
great co
Dm
mmunicators!
G

Did
Am7
they have
Gdim
brains or know
G
ledge?
C
Don’t make me laugh!
They were

F
popular!
C
Please!
It’s all about
A#
popu
F
lar
It’s
C
not about
Dm
aptitude
Am

It’s the
Dm
way you’re viewed
Am

So it’s
A#maj7
very
A7
shrewd to be
Dm7
G

Gm7
Very very pop
A#
u
Csus
lar
C
like
F
me!

And though

Dm
you protest
Am

Your dis
Dm
interest
Am
A#maj7

I know clan
E7
des
A7
tine
Dm
ly
G

You’re
Gm7
gonna grin and bear
A#
it!
Your
Csus
new found popula
C
ri
F
ty!

F
La
C
la,
A#
la
F
la!

G
La
D
la,
C
la
G
la!

A#
La
F
la,
Dm
oo
C
h!
Gm


You’ll be popular!

Gm7

Just
A#
not
Gm7
quite as
A#
popu
Csus
lar
C
as
F
me!

C
A#
C
F

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