Darren Criss - Status Quo

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verse 1
Am F G
it starts with not questioning the answers
Am F Em
and giving up before you’ve begun
Am F G
it locks all the doors , increases the pressure
Am F C
and in a flash your time is up before it’s done
Am F C
and you won’t know how it can feel
G
to feel at all

chorus
Am F C G F Am
so i say no – o – o to status quo – o – o
F C
who wants to be like the rest
G
and deny the best that i’m meant for
Am F C G F Am
i wil show – o – ow the status quo – o – o
F Am
who wants to be normal i’ll never conform
C G Em Am G
i will be content to resent the status quo – o – o

verse 2
Am F
i’ll kick down the walls around me
C G
they don’t know how strong i Am
Am F
i’m not defined by boundaries
C G F
they could never understand

chorus
Am F C G F Am
i’m so much more – o – ore than status quo – o – o
F C G
who cares about being another pipe dreamer stuck on the bottome floor

[ key change ]
Bm A D A Em Bm
and i know – o – ow it’s time to go – o – o
Bm D
so maybe i’ve gotten everything that i wanted
Em A
but i think that i might have made it so
Bm A Em
when i said no no no
D A7 Bm
to status quo – o – o – o

[ G D ] [ A ] [ E ]

G D A D
cause i Am a starship ranger
G D A D
i’m gonna do everything i can
G D Bm
to always be a starship ranger
G D Em G D Em
cause it’s everything , it’s everything
G D
i am!

fin .