Little Boxes Malvina Reynolds
The other tab of this was a little confusing so I decided to make a simpler version of it.
Chords used are C F and G7 if playing in C major
but you can use A D and E7 in A major if you find it easier.
remember, its in 3/4 time and starts on an upbeat and all chord changes are at the
of the bar/measure.
Listen to a recording to get the feel of it and the vocal melody. If you can't find one,
is an excerpt of Pete Seeger's version in the Multimedia on MS Encarta and the first
verses are used as the theme to a certain Cannabis-orientated TV show
INTRO: C, G7, C
[C]Little boxes [C]on the hillside, [F]little boxes m[C]ade of ticky-tacky
Little [C]boxes on the [G7]hillside, little [C]boxes all the [G7]same
There's a [C]green one, and a [C]pink one, and a [F]blue one, and a [C]yellow one
[C] [G7] [G7]
And t[C]hey're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same
And the [C]people in the [C]houses, all [F]went to the uni-[C]versity
Where [C]they were put in [G7]boxes, and they [C]came out all the [G7]same
And there's [C]doctors, and there's [C]lawyers, and [F]business ex-[C]ecutives
[C] [G7] [G7]
And th[C]ey're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same
And they [C]all play on the [C]golf course, and [F]drink their mar-[C]tinis dry
And they [C]all have pretty [G7]children, and the [C]children go to [G7]school
And the [C]children go to [C]summer camp, and [F]then to the uni-[C]versity
Where [C]they are put in [G7]boxes, and they [G7]come out all the s[C]ame
And the [C]boys go into [C]business, and [F]marry and raise a [C]family
In [C]boxes made of [G7]ticky-tacky, and they [C]all look just the [G7]same
There's a [C]green one, and a [C]pink one, and a [F]blue one, and a [C]yellow one
[C] [G7] [G7]
And t[C]hey're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same
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