Intro - picking Am F G I-----------------------I-----------------------I-----------------------l I----------1------------I-------1---------------I---------0-------------l I----2-----------2---2--I---2---------2-----2---I----0----------0----0--l I-------2----------2----I-----3----------3------I------0-----------0----l I-0-----------0---------I-0--------0------------I-----------------------I I-----------------------I-----------------------I--3----------3---------l G I-----------------------I I-------0---------------I I----0---------0-----0--I I------0----------0-----I X 2 I-----------------------I I--3--------3-----------I VERSE 1

^AmIt starts with not que^Fstioning the ans^Gwers ^AmAnd giving ^Fup before you've b^Emegun ^AmIt locks all the doo^Frs, increases the pr^Gessure ^AmAnd in a flash your time is up^F before it's do^Cne ^AmAnd you won't know how^F it can f^Ceel To feel at a^Gll

CHORUS

So I say ^Amno-^Fo-^Co to status^G q^Fuo^Am-o-o ^FWho wants to be like the ^Crest And deny the^G best that I'm meant for I wil ^Amshow^F-o^C-ow the status ^Gquo^F-o^Am-o Who wan^Fts to be normal I'll never ^Amconform I will ^Cbe content to ^Gresent the status q^Emuo-^Amo-o^G

VERSE 2

I'l^Aml kick down the wal^Fls around me ^CThey don't know how s^Gtrong I am I'^Amm not defined by b^Foundaries ^CThey could never ^Gunderstan^Fd

CHORUS

I'm so much mor^Ame-o^F-o^Cre than status q^Guo^F-o^Am-o Who c^Fares about being another pipe drea^Cmer stuck on the bottome ^Gfloor

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And I kno^Bmw-o^A-o^Dw it's time to^A g^Emo-o^Bm-o so maybe I've^Bm gotten everything that I wante^Dd But I think that I mig^Emht have made ^Ait so When I sai^Bmd no^A no^Em no To status q^Duo-^A7o-o^Bm-o

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^GCause I^D am a^A starship^D ranger ^GI'm gonna do^D every^Athing I^D can ^GTo always be^D a starship ran^Bmger Cause it's ev^Ger^Dyt^Emhing, it's ev^Ger^Dyt^Emhing G D I Am!

FIN.

Darren Criss - Status quo