Little Boxes

LITTLE BOXES Time: 3/4 Tenor: C Bass: C

INTRO: 1, 57, 1

1 * 4 1

Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky

1 57 1 57

Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same

1 * 4 1

There's a green one, and a pink one, and a blue one, and a yellow one

1 57 * 1

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same

1 * 4 1

And the people in the houses, all went to the uni-versity

1 57 1 57

Where they were put in boxes, and they came out all the same

1 * 4 1

And there's doctors, and there's lawyers, and business ex-ecutives

1 57 * 1

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same

1 * 4 1

And they all play on the golf course, and drink their mar-tinis dry

1 57 1 57

And they all have pretty children, and the children go to school

1 * 4 1

And the children go to summer camp, and then to the uni-versity

1 57 * 1

Where they are put in boxes, and they come out all the same

1 * 4 1

And the boys go into business, and marry and raise a family

1 57 1 57

In boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same

1 * 4 1

There's a green one, and a pink one, and a blue one, and a yellow one

1 57 * 1

And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same

NOTES:

- L4: 1 on "all look, 57 on "just"

SYMBOLS:

- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord

- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure

- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):

- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

- Key of C: C D E F G A B

- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)