Chords for Little Boxes - Amanda Palmer - Seeger Fest - July 21 2014
Tempo:
97.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Cm
Eb
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Amanda Ponce!
I didn't even think about bringing a piano.
I was like, that's not a folk instrument.
This is a folk instrument!
I'll do one that I learned this morning in a fit of panic that I should be playing more Pete Seeger-related material.
[G] The best thing about most of the songs that Pete Seeger played and why folk and punk are so awesome
is that there's usually only three [Ab] chords involved and you can learn [N] any song very fast!
[G] [Eb] This is not [G] actually written by Pete Seeger [N] though, it's a song that he played a lot.
I have a cheat sheet.
It's by Maldina Reynolds.
And if you know what that means, you know what this means.
[G] And I wrote a sort of [Ebm] a distorted version of [E] it.
I hope you'll excuse it.
[C] [G]
[Cm]
[Eb] Little [G] boxes on the hillside, [D] little boxes made [Cm] of ticky tacky
[Bm] Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes [D] all the same
[G]
There's a green one and a pink one, blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky [E] and they all look just the same
And the people in the houses all went to the [Cm] universities
[G] Where they all got wooden [Em] boxes [G] and they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers, business executives
And they all got [C] wooden boxes and they came out all the same
And they all go to the golf course and drink vodka [Cm] and bike it in
[G] I changed that one [F] to modernize it.
[C] And they all have pretty children and [G] the children [Bm] go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then go to the university
Where they all got [Em] wooden boxes [G] and they come out all the same
And the boys go into business, get married and [Eb] raise a family
In boxes made of ticky [Db] tacky [G] and they all look [D] just the same
[G] There's a green one and a pink one, blue one [Ab] and a yellow one
[G] And they're all made out of [C] ticky [G] tacky and they all look just the same
[A] [Dm] [N]
I didn't even think about bringing a piano.
I was like, that's not a folk instrument.
This is a folk instrument!
I'll do one that I learned this morning in a fit of panic that I should be playing more Pete Seeger-related material.
[G] The best thing about most of the songs that Pete Seeger played and why folk and punk are so awesome
is that there's usually only three [Ab] chords involved and you can learn [N] any song very fast!
[G] [Eb] This is not [G] actually written by Pete Seeger [N] though, it's a song that he played a lot.
I have a cheat sheet.
It's by Maldina Reynolds.
And if you know what that means, you know what this means.
[G] And I wrote a sort of [Ebm] a distorted version of [E] it.
I hope you'll excuse it.
[C] [G]
[Cm]
[Eb] Little [G] boxes on the hillside, [D] little boxes made [Cm] of ticky tacky
[Bm] Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes [D] all the same
[G]
There's a green one and a pink one, blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky [E] and they all look just the same
And the people in the houses all went to the [Cm] universities
[G] Where they all got wooden [Em] boxes [G] and they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers, business executives
And they all got [C] wooden boxes and they came out all the same
And they all go to the golf course and drink vodka [Cm] and bike it in
[G] I changed that one [F] to modernize it.
[C] And they all have pretty children and [G] the children [Bm] go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then go to the university
Where they all got [Em] wooden boxes [G] and they come out all the same
And the boys go into business, get married and [Eb] raise a family
In boxes made of ticky [Db] tacky [G] and they all look [D] just the same
[G] There's a green one and a pink one, blue one [Ab] and a yellow one
[G] And they're all made out of [C] ticky [G] tacky and they all look just the same
[A] [Dm] [N]
Key:
G
C
Cm
Eb
D
G
C
Cm
_ _ Amanda Ponce! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ didn't even think about bringing a piano.
I was like, that's not a folk instrument.
_ This is a folk instrument!
_ _ I'll do one that I learned this morning in a fit of panic that I should be playing more Pete Seeger-related material.
[G] The best thing about most of the songs that Pete Seeger played and why folk and punk are so awesome
is that there's usually only three [Ab] chords involved and you can learn [N] any song very fast! _
[G] _ _ [Eb] This is not [G] actually written by Pete Seeger [N] though, it's a song that he played a lot.
_ _ _ _ I have a cheat sheet.
It's by Maldina Reynolds.
And if you know what that means, you know what this means.
_ _ [G] And I wrote a sort of [Ebm] a distorted version of [E] it.
I hope you'll excuse it.
[C] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Little [G] boxes on the hillside, [D] little boxes made [Cm] of ticky tacky
[Bm] Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes [D] all the same
[G]
There's a green one and a pink one, blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky [E] and they all look just the same
And the people in the houses all went to the [Cm] universities
[G] Where they all got wooden [Em] boxes [G] and they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers, business executives
And they all got [C] wooden boxes and they came out all the same
And they all go to the golf course and drink vodka [Cm] and bike it in
_ [G] I changed that one [F] to modernize it.
[C] And they all have pretty children and [G] the children [Bm] go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then go to the university
Where they all got [Em] wooden boxes [G] and they come out all the same
And the boys go into business, get married and [Eb] raise a family
In _ _ _ _ boxes made of ticky [Db] tacky [G] and they all look [D] just the same
[G] There's a green one and a pink one, blue one [Ab] and a yellow one
[G] And they're all made out of [C] ticky [G] tacky and they all look just the same
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ didn't even think about bringing a piano.
I was like, that's not a folk instrument.
_ This is a folk instrument!
_ _ I'll do one that I learned this morning in a fit of panic that I should be playing more Pete Seeger-related material.
[G] The best thing about most of the songs that Pete Seeger played and why folk and punk are so awesome
is that there's usually only three [Ab] chords involved and you can learn [N] any song very fast! _
[G] _ _ [Eb] This is not [G] actually written by Pete Seeger [N] though, it's a song that he played a lot.
_ _ _ _ I have a cheat sheet.
It's by Maldina Reynolds.
And if you know what that means, you know what this means.
_ _ [G] And I wrote a sort of [Ebm] a distorted version of [E] it.
I hope you'll excuse it.
[C] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Little [G] boxes on the hillside, [D] little boxes made [Cm] of ticky tacky
[Bm] Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes [D] all the same
[G]
There's a green one and a pink one, blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky [E] and they all look just the same
And the people in the houses all went to the [Cm] universities
[G] Where they all got wooden [Em] boxes [G] and they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers, business executives
And they all got [C] wooden boxes and they came out all the same
And they all go to the golf course and drink vodka [Cm] and bike it in
_ [G] I changed that one [F] to modernize it.
[C] And they all have pretty children and [G] the children [Bm] go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then go to the university
Where they all got [Em] wooden boxes [G] and they come out all the same
And the boys go into business, get married and [Eb] raise a family
In _ _ _ _ boxes made of ticky [Db] tacky [G] and they all look [D] just the same
[G] There's a green one and a pink one, blue one [Ab] and a yellow one
[G] And they're all made out of [C] ticky [G] tacky and they all look just the same
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [N] _ _