Intro: F C7 F F Bb F Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky F C7 F C7 Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same F F Bb F There's a green one, and a pink one, and a blue one, and a yellow one F C7 F And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look F just the same F F Bb F And the people in the houses, all went to the university F C7 F C7 Where they were put in boxes, and they came out all the same F F Bb F And there's doctors, and there's lawyers, and business ex-ecutives F C7 F And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just F the same F F Bb F And they all play on the golf course, and drink their martinis dry F C7 F C7 And they all have pretty children, and the children go to school F F Bb F And the children go to summer camp, and then to the university F C7 F F Where they are put in boxes, and they come out all the same F F Bb F And the boys go into business, and marry and raise a family F C7 F C7 In boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same F F Bb F There's a green one, and a pink one, and a blue one, and a yellow one F C7 F And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just F the same This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
3 ukulele chords used in "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds: Bb, C7 and F
Hello! I would be more than happy if you’d improve this website by input strumming ?☺
I agree +2 is nicest sounding and easiest to play. Strumming down down then pat body of uke for each cord. Also, ending each verse with D7 instead of G is more in line with how the original song sounds. Lastly at the very end of the song, for “they all look just the same” I strum G, G, D7, D, G (no pats), just on the very last verse.
If you +2 this on the transposer into key of C , it makes a much lighter more ukelele sound and if you listen to Walk off the earths version it’s easier to sing in their style
the struming pattern is just strminng down! pretty simple.
(im not a beginner at the uke i just like the walk off the earth version)