Little Boxes Chords

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Little Boxes by Walk Off The Earth is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Bm, Am, D and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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        G                             C             G  
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky 
       Bm           Am               G             D 
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same 
            G                                C              G  
There's a pink one, and a green one, and a blue one, and a yellow one 
            Bm               Am                   G         D7       G  
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same 

          G                        C              G  
And the people in the houses, all went to the university 
           Bm          Am               G                D 
Where they were put in boxes, and they came out all the same 
             G                                  C         G  
And there's doctors, and there's lawyers, and business executives 
            Bm               Am                   G         D7       G  
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same 

          G                                 C             G  
And they all play on the golf course, and drink their martinis dry 
         Bm                Am                G                D 
And they all have pretty children, and the children go to school 
          G                              C             G  
And the children go to summer camp, and then to the university 
           Bm              Am              G       D7       G  
Where they all are put in boxes, and they come out all the same 

         G                 C                 G  
Boys go into business, and marry and raise a family 
    Bm            Am                    G                 D 
In boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same 
            G                                C              G  
There's a pink one, and a green one, and a blue one, and a yellow one 
            Bm                Am                  G         D7       G  
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante