Little Boxes Uke tab by Malvina Reynolds

3 Chords used in the song: C, G7, F

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Year:  2000
Difficulty: 
2.33
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords and Tablature
# THEME : 

A |----0---------0----------3-3--3-5-7-5-3-3--|
E |------0---------0--------------------------|
C |--------0---------0------------------------|
G |--0---------0--------0-0-------------------|

A |0-0--------0--------------------|
E |-------------1-1-1-1-0-0-0-1----|
C |-----------------------------2--|
G |----0-0--0----------------------|



# INTRO: C chordC, G7 chordG7, C chordC


C chordC C chordC F chordF C chordC
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky
C chordC G7 chordG7 C chordC G7 chordG7
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same
C chordC C chordC
There's a green one,and a pink one,
F chordF C chordC
and a blue one,and a yellow one
C chordC C chordC
And they're all made out of
G7 chordG7 G7 chordG7
ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same



C chordC C chordC F chordF C chordC
And the people in the houses, all went to the uni-versity
C chordC G7 chordG7 C chordC G7 chordG7
Where they were put in boxes, and they came out all the same
C chordC C chordC
And there's doctors, and there's lawyers,
F chordF C chordC
and business ex-ecutives
C chordC C chordC
And they're all made out of
G7 chordG7 G7 chordG7
ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same



C chordC C chordC
And they all play on the golf course,
F chordF C chordC
and drink their mar-tinis dry
C chordC G7 chordG7
And they all have pretty children,
C chordC G7 chordG7
and the children go to school
C chordC C chordC F chordF C chordC
And the children go to summer camp, and then to the uni-versity
C chordC G7 chordG7 G7 chordG7 C chordC
Where they are put in boxes, and they come out all the same



C chordC C chordC F chordF C chordC
And the boys go into business, and marry and raise a family
C chordC G7 chordG7 C chordC G7 chordG7
In boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same
C chordC C chordC
There's a green one, and a pink one,
F chordF C chordC
and a blue one, and a yellow one
C chordC C chordC
And they're all made out of
G7 chordG7 G7 chordG7
ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same

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Uke tab by , 18 Sep 2010

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Yeah this sounds pretty good. I believe there are multiple ways to play this song, and this is one of them. Great Job :)
05 Apr 2014
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ksburn avatar
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Then you are tone def. I tried this playing along with 7 different versions and this wasn't even close to any of them.
24 Oct 2010
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MFDMI avatar
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I tried it and it is exactly like in the song. Very good tab.
23 Sep 2010
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About this song: Little Boxes

"Little Boxes" is a song written by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963.
"My mother and father were driving South from San Francisco through Daly City when my mom got the idea for the song. She asked my dad to take the wheel, and she wrote it on the way to the gathering in La Honda where she was going to sing for the Friends Committee on Legislation. When Time magazine (I think, maybe Newsweek) wanted a photo of her pointing to the very place...

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