{"id":33044,"date":"2026-08-13T23:43:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=33044"},"modified":"2026-08-13T23:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:43:36","slug":"ugly-duckling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/ugly-duckling\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugly Duckling"},"content":{"rendered":"
************************************\r\n[Intro]\r\n  C<\/span>   G<\/span>   Am<\/span> G<\/span> D<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nG#m<\/span>     Am<\/span>          D<\/span>     G<\/span>     G#m<\/span>\r\nThere  once was an  ugly  duckling\r\n        Am<\/span>          D<\/span>     G<\/span>     G#m<\/span>\r\nWith feathers all stubby and brown\r\n         Am<\/span>    D<\/span>       G<\/span>      F<\/span>     Fm<\/span>\r\nAnd the other birds in so many words   said\r\n   C<\/span>          B<\/span>      Em<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n\"Quack!\" get out of town\r\n   C<\/span>\r\n\"Quack!\" get out\r\n\r\n   Cm<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n\"Quack! Quack! get out\r\n    Em<\/span>    Am<\/span>        D<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\n\"Quack! Quack! get   out    of   town\r\n        C<\/span>            G<\/span>              Am<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nAnd he went with a \"quack.\" and a waddle and a \"quack\"\r\n       D<\/span>           G<\/span>\r\nIn a flurry of Eiderdown\r\n \r\nC<\/span> G<\/span> Am<\/span> G<\/span> D<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nG#m<\/span>     Am<\/span>          D<\/span>    G<\/span>     G#m<\/span>\r\nThat   poor little  ugly duckling\r\n         Am<\/span>    D<\/span>      G<\/span>   G#m<\/span>\r\nWent wandering far and near\r\n         Am<\/span>    D<\/span>        G<\/span>      F<\/span>     Fm<\/span>\r\nBut at every place they said to his face   NOW\r\n   C<\/span>          B<\/span>      Em<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n\"Quack!\" get out of here\r\n   C<\/span>\r\n\"Quack!\" get out\r\n    Cm<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n\"Quack! Quack! get out\r\n    Em<\/span>    Am<\/span>        D<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\n\"Quack! Quack! get    out    of  here\r\n        C<\/span>            G<\/span>              Am<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nAnd he went with a \"quack.\" and a waddle and a \"quack\"\r\n       D<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\nand a very unhappy tear.\r\n \r\n \r\nC<\/span> G<\/span> Am<\/span> G<\/span> D<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nD<\/span>                C<\/span>              D<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\nAll through the winter time he hid himself away.\r\n     D<\/span>                C<\/span>\r\nAshamed to show his face\r\n    D<\/span>             A<\/span>          D<\/span>      Am<\/span>\r\nAfraid of what others might say.\r\nD<\/span>      C<\/span>        D<\/span>    C<\/span>       D<\/span>      C<\/span>       D<\/span>     A<\/span>\r\nAll thru the winter in his lonely clump of weed.\r\n         D<\/span>                                            Cm<\/span>\r\nTill a flock of swans spied him there and very soon agreed\r\n           D<\/span>        Am<\/span>     D<\/span>\r\nYou're a very find swan indeed!\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nG#m<\/span>     Am<\/span>           D<\/span>    G<\/span>     G#m<\/span>\r\nI'm     not such an  ugly duckling\r\n      Am<\/span>         D<\/span>       G<\/span>      G#m<\/span>\r\nNo feathers all stubby and brown\r\n         Am<\/span>        D<\/span>        G<\/span>       F<\/span>     Fm<\/span>\r\nFor in fact these birds, in so many words said\r\n   C<\/span>         B<\/span>       Em<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n\"Tsk!\" The best in town\r\n   C<\/span>\r\n\"Tsk!\" the best\r\n Cm<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n\"Tsk! Tsk!\" the best\r\n  Em<\/span>   Am<\/span>       D<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\n\"Tsk! Tsk!\" the  best     in town\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n        C<\/span>            G<\/span>           Am<\/span>           G<\/span>\r\nNot a quack, not a quack, not a waddle or a quack\r\n        c            G<\/span>            A<\/span>          D<\/span>\r\nBut a glide and a whistle and a snowy white back\r\n        G<\/span>                       Gm<\/span>\r\nAnd a head so noble and high\r\nDb<\/span>   Am<\/span>       D<\/span>       C<\/span>        D<\/span>\r\nSay   who's an ugly     duckling?\r\n    G<\/span>     Am<\/span>\r\nNot I!\r\n \r\nC<\/span>     G<\/span>  Am<\/span>    G<\/span>   D<\/span>\r\n \r\n    G<\/span>\r\nNot I!\r\n \r\n************************************<\/pre>\n
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************************************ [Intro] C G Am G D G [Verse 1] G#m Am D G G#m There once was an ugly duckling Am D G G#m With feathers all stubby and brown Am D G F Fm And the other birds in so many words said C B Em G “Quack!” … CLICK TO VIEW SONGUgly Duckling<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[248],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-danny-kaye"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33045,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33044\/revisions\/33045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}