Originally in F, I play in C capo 1
Highest note is the 3
Intro, rubato
| C | Am | F | Em | Dm | C |
| → | → | → |
At tempo
| C |
Vox on 5 6 3 1 on “little boxes”
| C | F | C | |
| Little bo | xes on the hillside, little bo | xes made of tic | ky-tacky |
Vox stay on the 5 on “boxes”
| C | G7 | C | G7 | |
| Little | boxes on the | hillside, little | boxes all the | same |
| C | F | C | |
| There’s a | pink one, and a green one, and a | blue one, and a y | ellow one |
| C | G7 | C | G7 | C | |
| And they’re | all made out of | ticky-tacky, and they | all look | just the s | ame |
| C |
| C | F | C | |
| And the | people in the houses, all | went to the unive | rsity |
| C | G7 | C | G7 | |
| Where | they were put in | boxes, and they | came out all the | same |
| C | F | C | |
| And there’s | doctors, and lawyers, and | business exe | cutives |
| C | G7 | C | G7 | C | |
| And they’re | all made out of | ticky-tacky, and they | all look | just the | same |
| C |
| C | F | C | |
| And they | all play on the golf course, and | drink their marti | nis dry |
| C | G7 | C | G7 | |
| And they | all have pretty | children, and the | children go to | school |
| C | F | C | |
| And the | children go to summer camp, and | then to the unive | rsity |
| C | G7 | C | G7 | C | |
| Where | they are put in | boxes, and they | come out | all the s | ame |
| C |
| C | F | C | |
| And the | boys go into business, and | marry and raise a f | amily |
| C | G7 | C | G7 | |
| In | boxes made of | ticky-tacky, and they | all look just the | same |
| C | F | C | |
| There’s a | pink one, and a green one, and a | blue one, and a y | ellow one |
Slow and hold...
| C | G7 | C | G7 | C | |
| And they’re | all made out of | ticky-tacky, and they | all look | just the | same |
Back at tempo
| C | Am | F | Em | Dm | C |
| → | → | → |