Little Boxes Chords
Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Dm/A, Bb, A, G and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Dm/A= X,0,7,7,6,5
F Dm/A Bb A G F
e|--------------------1-1-1-1-3-3h5-3-1~~~~-----------------------
B|-1-3-----1--3-----1---------------------------------------------
G|-----2--------2-------------------------------------------------
D|-------3--------3-----------------------------------------------
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F Bb F
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
F C7 F C7
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same.
F
There's a green one, and a pink one,
Bb F
And a blue one, and a yellow one,
F C7
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky,
F C7 F
And they all look just the same.
F Bb F
And the people in the houses all went to the university,
F C7 F C7
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same.
F
And there's doctors, and there's lawyers,
Bb F
And there's business executives,
F C7
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky,
F C7 F
And they all look just the same.
F Bb F
And they all play on the golf course and drink their martini dry,
F C7 F C7
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school,
F
And the children go to summer camp,
Bb F
And then to the university,
F C7
Where they all are put in boxes,
F C7 F
And they come out all the same.
F
And the boys go into business,
Bb F
And they marry and raise a family,
F C7
In boxes made of ticky-tacky,
F C7
And they all look just the same.
Bb F
And a blue one, and a yellow one,
F C7
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky,
F C7 F
And they all look just the same.
F Bb A G F
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G|-----2--------2-----------3-2~~~~~~-----------------------------
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