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Song Title: Popular
Artist: Nada Surf
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standard tuning 

G------------------------------------------------------12-----
D-----9/10--------------9/10-9--------------------9/10--------
A-----------------------------10-7----------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------------------
D--9/10-9-----------------------------------------------------
A--------10-7-------------------------------------------------
E--------------------7/8--------------2------------------7----


verse:  play these two little things over and over
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E--7/88888888----7-8-7/00000000-------------------------------

but then you get to a different riff
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E--2222222/7-77777777-----------------------------------------

chorus
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-0-0-0--00-0-0-0---------------------------------------------
E-----------------3-3-3--3

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/n/nada_surf/126353.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Sic TransiT Wanna Be	#1 by Sic TransiT at Apr 7, 1971 at 12:52 PM EST
	I think it's just supposed to be a funny song.. not like a rallying cry or anything. Nada surf kicks ass regardless.

No Picture Braxton Lead Player	#2 by Braxton Overby at Nov 20, 1976 at 6:14 PM EST
	God i love this song...i LOVE this song. If you've grown up in a small, closeminded town, full of people like this, there is no greater satisfaction than screaming it at the top of your lungs after a bad day at school.

No Picture Dakota Lead Player	#3 by Dakota Sparks at Oct 13, 1977 at 1:35 PM EST
	this should be further noted as a classic! it deserves a lot of credit, it is just something i run throught the halls of my high school singing! I AM THE TEENAGE GUIDE TO POPULARITY! this song IS about a guy who i went to school with, his name was john, star football player, wrote articles in the newspaper, made all the girls swoon... whatever! i love you nada surf!

No Picture Andrew Rhythm Player	#4 by Andrew Lang at Dec 1, 1978 at 8:22 PM EST
	This song is the best. All of the "popular people" (or so they call themselves) at my school r just like this, they're SO annoying, good song to mock them

No Picture darin Average	#5 by darin ? at Dec 18, 1984 at 3:02 AM EST
	I love this song! I remember the first time I heard it, I fell on the floor laughing. "Wash your hair once every two weeks", that's my favorite part.

No Picture The Ma Rhythm Player	#6 by The Masta Workz Fo’ Me at Apr 2, 1992 at 2:06 AM EST
	I'm just writing this because no one else has said anything around what I think it means.. I think its about falling in love with someone who thinks along these lines, obviously being sarcastic and bitter, saying go ahead, be this way, you're so wonderful, you're so smart, you'll never know how the real world is. You'll never know how much it actually hurts. And that jerk or crybaby, that's me.

No Picture matt Average	#7 by matt rigg at Mar 17, 1997 at 8:43 AM EST
	great lyrics. i luuurve this. even if it does remind me of that baz luhrman song. still, nada surf

No Picture Madman Professional Badass	#8 by Madman at Mar 31, 1997 at 2:54 PM EST
	I absolutely love this song. In fact, my ex-boyfriend's name is Johnny, so this song sort of applies. It really does stereotype everything, but the song is so right..

No Picture Angelica Professional	#9 by Angelica HAVOK at Oct 3, 2000 at 3:25 AM EST
	This song just plainly kicks ass....It just totally mocks all the 'so-called popular' people in my school that i hate more than anything in this world!! It's a song that i can kick back and listen to when im pissed..and its all good!!

No Picture sam Average	#10 by sam gagnon at Feb 23, 2001 at 9:56 AM EST
	I agree that the song is good and all but you kid's are all here talking about how you hate popular kids.. but could it be that you all envy those types of "popular" people? Jist a thought..

No Picture The Great South Lead Player	#11 by The Great Southern Trendkill at Jan 30, 2005 at 1:56 PM EST
	This song is so awesome. I love how it mocks everyone that is "popular" in high school. I am an avid fighter against these popular people and this song just helps so much. U kik ass Nada Surf!!!

No Picture [ash] Wanna Be	#12 by [ash] at Jun 8, 2005 at 12:57 PM EST
	i love this song.. it's perfect.. it's way to Real... freakishly getting to the point

No Picture Derek Average	#13 by Derek Mayfield at Jan 31, 2006 at 5:57 PM EST
	this song is the best song ever! i remember when it first came out, and all the "popular" kids liked it so much... they were too stupid to realize that it was making fun of them! nada surf rules

No Picture Ryan Wanna Be	#14 by Ryan . at May 24, 2007 at 7:16 AM EST
	Hah... I still listen to this all the time too, and when I tell people about it they think I imagined it or something. Then I start singing it and they're like, "Ohhh... I remember."