Intro: Em C D E----------------------------------| B--0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| G-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------| A----------------------------------| E----------------------------------| x2 You can repeat this until the "done" in the fifth line, or follow the chords I wrote.

^EmIt starts with not ^Gquestioning the ^Canswers^D ^D ^EmAnd giving ^Gup before you've be^Cgun ^D ^D ^EmIt locks all the ^Gdoors Increases the ^Cpressur^De And in a ^Emflash Your time is ^Gup before it's ^Cdone And ^Emyou won't ^Gknow how ^Cit can ^Dfeel ^DTo feel at all

So I say ^Emno ^C ^G to status ^Dqu^Amo ^Em ^CWho wants to be like the ^Grest And deny the ^Dbest that I'm meant for I will ^Emsho^Cw ^G the status ^Dqu^Amo ^Em Who ^Cwants to be normal I'll ^Gnever conform D Bm C D (C) I will be content to resent the status quo

^EmI'll kick down the ^Gwalls around me ^CThey don't know how ^Dstrong I am ^EmI'm not defined by boundaries T^Ghey will never ^Dunderstand D- Em C G I'm so much more Than status q^Duo^Am ^Em Who ^Ccares about being ^Ganother pipe dreamer ^DStuck on the bottom floor And I ^Emkno^Cw ^G It's time to ^Dgo^Am ^Em So maybe I've ^Cgotten everything that I ^Gwanted But I think that I ^Dmight have made it so When I said no,^Em no,^C no ^G To status ^Bmquo^Am ^Em

^GCause ^DI am a ^Astarship ^Dranger ^GI'm gonna ^Ddo everythi^Ang I ^Dcan ^GTo always ^Dbe a ^Astarship ^Bmranger Cause it's ^Deverything ^AEverything D (slide up the D to the fifth fret, but strum on the frets in between.) I am

End on D. (I completely made up the I Wanna Be reprise part, so sorry if it sounds weird.)

Darren Criss - Status quo