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Popular | guitar crd
by Pete Townshend
>from Scoop, 1983 
written by Pete Townshend ©1981 Towser Tunes Inc.

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Transcribed by Drjasonsmith@aol.com

2000-04-06                Whotabs              www.thewho.net/whotabs/

A/D (x0423x)

A                  G A       A/D
Any tough can fight, few can play.
Any fool can fall, few can lay.
Any stud can reproduce, few can please.
A                            G           
Any boy can pay a bill,but a few can tease. 

A       D       A       D
I just wanna be popular
I just wanna be popular
C
I don't really care who you are
                G
I just wanna be popular

Any man can claim, few can find.
Any girl can blink, few can lie.
Any soul can sleep--few can die.
Any wimp can weep--few can cry.

I just wanna be popular
I just wanna be popular
I don't really care who you are
I just wanna be popular

G
I wanna be more popular than the rest
I'll do anything that I think will impress
Everyone is average but I just wanna be the best
Everything thing I do has to be a fact of interest
B    E 
     Popular
I want to be popular
I just gotta be popular
      G
Popular

Any brain can hide--few can stand.
Any kid can fly--few can land.
Any gang can scatter--few can form.
Any child can chatter--few can storm. 

modulate to B

Anyone can fight-- few can play.
Anyone can try-- but few can stay.
Anyone can cuss --all fuckin' day. 
Everyone complains-- but you can say. 

A      D        A      D
I just wanna be popular
I just wanna be popular
I don't really care who you are
I just wanna be popular

C
I just wanna be popular
I just wanna be popular
I don't really care who you are
                          G
I just wanna be popular

 
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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