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When (Am)ev er (Am)I see (D)some one less (G)for tu nate than (C)I— and let’s (Am)face it, (Am)who (D)is n’t less (G)for tu nate than (F)I?— my (F)ten der (Eb)heart tends to (Db)start to (C)bleed.
And when (Am)some one (Am)needs a (D)make o ver, I (G)sim ply have to (C)take o ver; I (Ab)know I know ex (Bb)act ly what they (G)need!
And (Gm7)e ven in your (C)case, though it’s the (Am7)tough est case I’ve (D)yet to face, don’t (Gm)wor ry, I’m de (Bb)ter mined to suc (C)ceed.
Fol (F)low my (C)lead,
(G9sus)and yes in (C)deed you will be...
(F)Pop u lar,
You’re gon na be (Bbsus2)pop u (F)lar!
I’ll (C)teach you the (Dm)prop er (Am)plays when you (Dm)talk to (Am)boys, lit tle (Bbmaj7)ways to (C)flirt and (F)flounce.
I’ll show you (A)what (Dm)shoes to (F)wear, how to (F)fix your hair, (Bb)ev ’ry thing (Gm7)that real ly (C)counts to be (F)pop u lar!
I’ll help you be (Bbsus2)pop u (F)lar!
You’ll (C)hang with the (Dm)right co (Am)horts, you’ll be (Dm)good at (Am)sports, know the (Bbmaj7)slang you’ve (C)got to (F)flounce.
I’ll show you (A)what (Dm)shoes to (F)wear, how to (F)fix your hair, (Bb)ev ’ry thing (Gm7)that real ly (C)counts to be (A7sus)know.
So let’s (Gm7)start, ’cause you’ve got an aw f’lly long (C)way to (F)go.
Don’t be of (Db)fend ed by my (Db)frank an al y sis; (Abmaj7)think of it as per son al i ty di al y (Ab)sis.
Now that I’ve (Dbm6)chos en to be (Dbm7)come a pal, a sis (Eb)ter and ad vi ser, (Bbm6)there’s no bod y wis er, (C7)not when it comes to (F)pop u lar.
I know a bout (Bbsus2)pop u (F)lar!
And (C)with an as (Dm)sist from (Am)me to be (Dm)who you’ll (Am)be, in (Bbmaj7)stead of drear y (A7)who you (Dm)were...
(F7)are...
there’s (Bb)noth ing that can stop (Dm)you (Gm7)from be com ing pop (C)u (F)ler...
(CN.C.)lar...
(C)La
la
(F)la
la.
We’re gon na (Bb)make you (Bb)pop (C)u (F)lar!
(A)When I see de (Adim)press ing (A)crea tures (Dm)with un (A)pre pos (Dm)sess ing fea tures, (G)I re mind them (Gdim)on their (G)own be (C)half to think of (A)cel e brat ed (Adim)heads of (A)state or (Dm)’spe cially (A)great com (Dm)mu ni ca tors...
Did they have (Gdim)brains or (G)knowl edge?
(C)Don’t make me laugh!
They were (F)pop u lar.
(C)Please!
It’s all a bout (Bbsus2)pop u (F)lar!
It’s (C)not a bout (Dm)ap ti (Am)tude, it’s the (Dm)way you’re (Am)viewed, so it’s (Bbmaj7)ver y (A7)shrewd to (Dm)be
(Gm7)ver y, ver y pop (Bb)u (C)lar like (F)me!
And though (Dm)you pro (Am)test your dis (Dm)in ter (Am)est,
I know clan (Em7)des (A7)tine (Dm)ly
you’re (Gm7)gon na grin and bear (Bbmaj7)it, your (C7)new found pop u lar (C)i (F)ty.
La
(C)la
(Bb)la
(F)la.
You’ll be pop u lar, just not quite as pop u (C7sus)lar
(C)as
(F)me!
This page shows “Popular (From Wicked)” by Stephen Schwartz in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 90 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.