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