The Ugly Little Duck chords by Stephin Merritt
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It was glorious in
the country
There were plants
They were yellow and green
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And the stork was speaking Egyptian
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For Egyptian his mummy had been
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'Neath a burdock tree sat
Verse 2
a mother
Sat and sat, that her chil
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dren would hatch
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Which they did, mostly but one other
The big round one, that just didn't match
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It seemed to take forever
Verse 3
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One unhappy day came
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the duckling
Though his egg had
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been faithfully warmed
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He was so much larger than average
He could best be described
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as de formed
Verse 4
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He was much too gray and too fluffy
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As the other ducks loudly opined
When he cried, they said
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"Don't get huffy,
you can keep on living
We don't mind,
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it's just that you're so ugly"
Verse 5
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So he left early in the morning
But he found wherever
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he would roam
That despite some changes
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in the scenery
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Everyone was as vile as at home
Verse 6
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As he settled in for the winter
Em
Overhead flew a flock of such birds
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That his vision stuck like a spinter
They were all too beautiful for words
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That winter was freezing
Verse 7
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I can't tell you how much
he suffered
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This description will have to suffice
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He was paddling round the lake, when
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His poor feet were frozen in the ice
Verse 8
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When it snowed again, he was buried
Then it snowed some more over
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his head
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There he sat, too cold to be worried
Truth to tell, he just thought he was dead
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He didn't mind that one bit
Verse 9
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But the spring was here
and a thaw came
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Our half dead little hero survived
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And the daffodil and the crocus
Sang aloud, "One more spring
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has ar rived"
Verse 10
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And the lovely birds gathered
'round him
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He was nuzzled and doted upon
Then he knew his family had
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found him
He'd become the
Verse 11
most beautiful swan
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"I never dreamed of such
amazing luck
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When I was just an ugly little duck"
The Ugly Little Duck
Stephin Merritt
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