Intro
[G] [F#m] [Em] [Gm] [Dmaj7]
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [G] [Gm]
[Dmaj7]
Verse 1
[Gmaj7] [F#m7] [Em7]
My feathers don't shine brightly in the moonlight
[Bm] [F#m] [G] [E]
I don't know how to sing a pretty song
[Dmaj7] [F#7] [G] [E7]
Like water off a duck's back, you seem to slip away
[A] [G] [Dmaj7]
Well, natural selection be damned, I'll be okay
Chorus
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [Em]
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
[Gm] [Dmaj7]
But now I'm happy being just a quail
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [Em]
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
[Gm] [Dmaj7]
But now I'm happy being just a quail
Interlude
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [Em7]
[Gm] [Dmaj7]
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [Em7]
[Gm] [Dmaj7]
Verse 2
[G] [F#] [Em]
You've got all your dances and your colors
[Bm] [F#m] [G] [E]
While I'm over here just trippin' on my own feet
[Dmaj7] [F#] [G]
Can't fly all too well, well it's not so hard to tell
N.C.
I don't got the moves but I'm bobbing to my own beat
Chorus
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [Em]
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
[Gm] [Dmaj7]
But now I'm happy being just a quail
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [Em]
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
[Gm] [Dmaj7]
But now I'm happy being just a quail
Outro
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [Em7]
[Gm] [Dmaj7]
[G] [F#m] [F#] [Bm] [Em7]
[Gm] [Dmaj7]
