Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
G+G F# minorF#m E minorEm G minorGm D MajorD G+G F#F# B minorBm G+G E minorEm Dmaj7Dmaj7
Verse 1:
Gmaj7Gmaj7 F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7
My feathers don't shine brightly in the moonlight
B minorBm F# minorF#m G+G E MajorE
I don't know how to sing a pretty song
D MajorD F#7F#7 G+G E7E7
Like water off a duck's back, you seem to slip away
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
Well, natural selection be damned, I'll be okay
Chorus:
G+G F# minorF#m B minorBm E minorEm
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
G minorGm D MajorD
But now I'm happy being just a quail
G+G FF B minorBm E minorEm
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
G minorGm D MajorD
But now I'm happy being just a quail
G+G F#m7F#m7 B minorBm EM7
G minorGm D MajorD
G+G F#m7F#m7 BM E minor 7Em7
G+G D MajorD
Verse 2:
G+G A augmentedA E minorEm B minorBm
You've got all your dances and your colors
G+G E MajorE
While I'm over here just trippin' on my own feet
D MajorD
Can't fly all too well, well it's not so hard to tell
I don't got the moves but I'm bobbing to my own beat
Chorus:
G+G F# minorF#m B minorBm E minorEm
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
G minorGm D MajorD
But now I'm happy being just a quail
G+G F#F# B minorBm E minorEm
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
G minorGm D MajorD
But now I'm happy being just a quail
G+G F#m7F#m7 B minorBm E minor 7Em7
G minorGm Dmaj7Dmaj7
G+G F#m7F#m7 B minorBm E minorEm
G+G Dmaj7Dmaj7
D MajorD