Status Quo tab by Darren Criss

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Status Quo – Darren Criss

As played in the livestream (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJGNGeJA8Lo). Darren plays
it with a capo on VII, but if you are a woman it’s pretty low to sing so I suggest you
play it without capo ;) I did this by ear, so feel free to correct me if I made any
mistakes. I’ve tabbed out the beginning of it, the rest is just chords. It shouldn’t be too hard
to figure out the rhythm by listening to the video. Hope you have fun with this!

Capo VII

 E minorEm           Fsus2Fsus2        G+G
e------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
B----0--------0----|---1-------1-----|---3-------3-------3-------3--------|
G--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
D--2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5------| 2x
A------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
E------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|

E minorEm           Fsus2Fsus2        G+G
e------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
B----0--------0----|---1-------1-----|---3-------3-------3-------3--------|
G--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
D--2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5------|
A------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
E------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
 It starts with not questioning the  answer

E minorEm           Fsus2Fsus2        A minorAm
e------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
B----0--------0----|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-------1-------1--------|
G--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
D--2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------|
A------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
E------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
 And giving up   before you’ve be – gun
E minorEm           Fsus2Fsus2        G+G
e------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
B----0--------0----|---1-------1-----|---3-------3-------3-------3--------|
G--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
D--2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5------|
A------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
E------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
 It locks all the doors, increases the pressure,    and in a

E minorEm           Fsus2Fsus2
e------------------|-----------------|
B----0--------0----|---1-------1-----|
G--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
D--2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|
A------------------|-----------------|
E------------------|-----------------|  A minorAm
 flash, your time is up, before it’s done
        C7C7       FF
And you won't know how it can feel
      F minorFm
To feel at all

     A minorAm|FF|C majorC      G+G|DmDm|A minorAm
So I say no-o-o to status quo-o-o
   FF           C majorC
Who wants to be like the rest
       Gsus4Gsus4        G+G  E7E7
And deny the best that I'm meant for
     A minorAm|FF|C majorC       G+G|DmDm|A minorAm
I will sho-o-ow the status quo-o-o
   FF            C majorC
Who wants to be normal, I'll never conform
    DmDm                E minorEm|FF|G+G
I will be content to resent the status quo-o-o

C majorC           FF
 I'll kick down the walls around me
A minorAm           G+G
They don't know how strong I am
C majorC      FF
 I'm not defined by boundaries
A minorAm        G+G   FF
They will never understand
       F minorFm G minorGm|Eb MajorEb|Bb majorBb       FF|C minorCm|G minorGm
I'm so much mooo-o-o-ore than status quo-o-o

  Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
Who cares about being another pipe dreamer
FF          Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
Stuck on the bottom floor
    A minorAm|FF|C majorC       G+G|E7E7|A minorAm
And I kno-o-ow it's time to go-o-o
        FF            C majorC
So maybe I've gotten everything that I wanted
          DmDm
But I think that I might have made it so
      FF  (FF) F minorFm
When I said no, no, no
      A minorAm FF C majorC G+G E7E7 A minorAm
To status quo

FF C majorC Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA

G+G   D/F#D/F#  Asus4Asus4  D MajorD
Cause I am a starship ranger
G+G     D/F#D/F#   Asus4Asus4  D MajorD
 I'm gonna do everything I can
G+G     D/F#D/F#  E7E7
 To always be a starship ranger
      G+G|D/F#D/F#|E minorEm
Cause it’s everything
   Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
It's everything
 D MajorD D#/D E/D F/D D*
I am


*To verify: it’s basically the D MajorD chord that keeps moving up:
D:  xx0232
D#/D: xx0343
E/D: xx0454

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