Status Quo tab by Darren Criss

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

 Em                     Fsus2                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------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|

Em                      Fsus2                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

Em                      Fsus2                Am
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
Em                      Fsus2                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

Em                      Fsus2
e------------------|-----------------|
B----0--------0----|---1-------1-----|
G--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
D--2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|
A------------------|-----------------|
E------------------|-----------------|   Am
  flash, your time is up, before it’s  done
                C7             F
And you won't know how it can feel
            Fm
To feel at all

          Am|F|C           G|Dm|Am
So I say no-o-o to status quo-o-o
     F                     C
Who wants to be like the rest
             Gsus4               G   E7
And deny the best that I'm meant for
         Am|F|C             G|Dm|Am
I will sho-o-ow the status quo-o-o
     F                        C
Who wants to be normal, I'll never conform
       Dm                               Em|F|G
I will be content to resent the status quo-o-o

C                     F
  I'll kick down the walls around me
Am                     G
They don't know how strong I am
C            F
  I'm not defined by boundaries
Am               G      F
They will never understand
             Fm Gm|Eb|Bb              F|Cm|Gm
I'm so much mooo-o-o-ore than status quo-o-o

    Eb                  Bb
Who cares about being another pipe dreamer
F                   Gsus4  G
Stuck on the bottom floor
        Am|F|C              G|E7|Am
And I kno-o-ow it's time to go-o-o
               F                        C
So maybe I've gotten everything that I wanted
                    Dm
But I think that I might have made it so
            F   (F) Fm
When I said no, no, no
           Am  F  C  G  E7  Am
To status quo

F  C  Gsus4  G  Asus4  A

G      D/F#   Asus4    D
Cause I am a starship ranger
G         D/F#     Asus4   D
 I'm gonna do everything I can
G          D/F#   E7
 To always be a starship ranger
            G|D/F#|Em
Cause it’s everything
     Bb C Bb C Bb C Bb C
It's everything
  D  D#/D  E/D  F/D  D*
I am


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