Intro: Eb Ab Eb Bb Fm Eb La la, la la You were the popular one, the popular chick Ab Eb It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish Gm Standing on the field with your pretty pompoms Ab Eb Now you're working at the movie selling popular corn G Eb I could have been a mess but I never went wrong Ab Eb Bb 'Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song Ab I said I'm putting down my story in a popular song Chorus: Bb Ab My problem, I never was a model, Eb I never was a scholar, Bb Ab Eb But you were always popular, Bb Ab You were singing all the songs I don't know Eb Now you're in the front row Bb Ab Eb 'Cause my song is popular Bb Eb Popular, I know about popular Eb Bb Ab It's not about who you are or your fancy car Bb Ab Eb You're only ever who you were Bb Ab Eb Popular, I know about popular Ab And all that you have to do is be true to you Ab Eb That's all you ever need to know Bb Ab Eb Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go Bb Ab Eb Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go Bb Always on the lookout for someone to hate, Eb A Picking on me like a dinner plate Eb Bb You hid during classes, and in between them Ab Eb Dunked me in the toilets, now it's you that cleans them Bb You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do Ab Eb It ain't so funny when the joke's on you Bb Ooh, the joke's on you Bb Ab Eb Got everyone laughing, got everyone clapping, asking, Bb "How come you look so cool?" Ab Eb Bb 'Cause that's the only thing that I've learned at school, boy -uh huh- Ab I said, that's the only thing I've learned at school Chorus: Bb Ab My problem, I never was a model, Eb I never was a scholar, Bb Ab Eb But you were always popular, Bb Ab You were singing all the songs I don't know Eb Now you're in the front row Bb Ab Eb 'Cause my song is popular Bb Eb Popular, I know about popular Eb Bb Ab It's not about who you are or your fancy car Bb Ab Eb You're only ever who you were Bb Ab Eb Popular, I know about popular Ab And all that you have to do is be true to you Ab Eb That's all you ever need to know Bb Ab Eb Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go Bb Ab Eb Catch up 'cause you got an awful long way to go Eb It's all you ever need to know Bb You're only ever who you were Eb It's all you ever need to know Eb You're only ever who you were -It's all you ever need to know- It's all you ever need to know Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Bb Eb Popular, I know about popular Eb Bb Ab It's not about who you are or your fancy car Bb Ab Eb You're only ever who you were Bb Ab Eb Popular, I know about popular Ab And all that you have to do is be true to you Ab Eb That's all you ever need to know
