[Strophe]
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Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky 
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Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same 
            G                                C              G 
There's a pink one, and a green one, and a blue one, and a yellow one 
            Bm               Am                   G         D7       G 
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same
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And the people in the houses, all went to the university 
           Bm          Am               G                D 
Where they were put in boxes, and they came out all the same 
             G                                  C         G 
And there's doctors, and there's lawyers, and business executives 
            Bm               Am                   G         D7       G 
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same
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And they all play on the golf course, and drink their martinis dry 
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And they all have pretty children, and the children go to school 
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And the children go to summer camp, and then to the university 
           Bm              Am              G       D7       G 
Where they all are put in boxes, and they come out all the same
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Boys go into business, and marry and raise a family 
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In boxes made of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same 
            G                                C              G 
There's a pink one, and a green one, and a blue one, and a yellow one 
            Bm                Am                  G         D7       G 
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all look just the same