Little Boxes — Pete Seeger

Chords and lyrics for Little Boxes by Pete Seeger (key of G).

Intro

[G]

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

And the [G]people in the houses, all [C]went to the [G]uni-versity
And they [G]all got put in [D7]boxes, little [G]boxes all the [D]same
And there's [G]doctors, and there's lawyers, and [C]business [G]ex-ecutives
And they all[G] get put in [D7]boxes, and they [G]all come out [D7]just the [G]same

Verse 3

And they [G]all play on the golf course, and [C]drink their [G]mar-tini dry
And they [G]all have pretty [D7]children, and the [G]children go to [D]school
And the [G]children go to summer camp, and [C]then to the [G]uni-versity
And they all[G] get put in [D7]boxes, and they [G]all come [D7]out the [G]same

Verse 4

And the [G]boys go into business, and [C]marry and raise a [G]family
And they [G]all get put in [D7]boxes, and they all[G] look just the [D]same
There's a [G]green one, and a pink one, and a [C]blue one, and a [G]yellow one
And they're [G]all made out of [D7]ticky-tacky, and they [G]all look [D7]just the [G]same
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