Intro: CGCGFCGCFCG
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FC
Mother said stand up straight
GC
Don't let your classmates make
FCG
You feel like you don't belong
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FC
So, you're not like the rest of them
GAmF
Someday the best of them
G
Will realize they were wrong
AmGEmF
But in my world, different meant lonely
AmGFG
The last place I wanted to be, was
Chorus:
CFDm7G
Standing out in a crowd
CFDm7G
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
CFDm7G
What are they whispering about?
FC
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
EbG
You can't see the grace in it
FCGCFCG
Standing out in a crowd
FC
Too short, too tall
GC
Flower against the wall
FCG
The last one chosen to play
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FC
Too smart, too dumb
GAmF
Too strange a place to be from
G
Same shoes every day
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AmGEmF
With all these ways to be different
AmGFG
Then maybe that's how you fit in, by
Chorus:
CFDm7G
Standing out in a crowd
CFDm7G
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
CFDm7G
What are they whispering about?
FC
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
EbG
Instead of embracing it
FCGCFCG
Standing out in a crowd
Bridge:
Bb
It's funny how now
FGCGCG
It's not such a bad place to be____
FCGCFCG
Standing out in a crowd
FCG
Standing out in a crowd
Chorus:
CFDm7G
Standing out in a crowd
CFDm7G
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
CFDm7G
What are they whispering about?
FC
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
EbG
There's no escaping it
FCGCFCG
Standing out in a crowd
FCGCFCG
Standing out in a crowd
Outro: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
FCGCFCG
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.