Cardboard Boxes
Loudon Wainwright III
e|---0----0-0------------|---0----0-0------------| B|---1----1-2------------|---1----1-1------------| G|---2----2-2------------|---2----2-2------------| D|---2----2-2------------|---2----2-2------------| A|---0-------------------|---0-------------------| E|--------------0----3---|--------------0----3---| (Twice) I’m gonna go to the super - mark - et I’m gonna go to the liquor store I’m gonna get me some cardboard box - es You know what them boxes are for! I’m gonna rent me a ’U - Haul’ trail - er Hook it on the back of ...my old car Call up some of my stronger bud - dies That’s what your strong buddies are for! We’re gonna move we’re gonna move Yeah move-----------! | / / / / | / / / / | Give it to the Sal - vation Army or the Good - will We’ve got so much junk it’s a joke Wrap a knick- nack in some old news - paper I know it was a present but the damn thing broke! Your old shoes and my old T - shirts My strong buddies crave ice cold beers Don’t throw that a - way it’s a family heir -loom I’ve had that ash - tray for fifteen years! We’re gonna move we’re gonna move Yeah move-----------! | / / / / | / / / / | We’re gonna empty out our old place And move into a brand new better space Move--------------------------------! ||: / / / / | / / / / :||(Twice) We got the books and the records and the tapes and the pictures And the pots and the pans and all the breakable glass The living room couch and the dining room table The washer and the dryer what a pain in the ass! We’ve got the TV and the home enter - tainment... centre The box spring and the queen-size bed We got the Christmas deco - rations and the bureau and the play - pen IF WE HAD A PIANO I THINK I’D DROP DEAD! Brrrrrrrrrrrr! Oh yes yes! Brrr dah! (We’re gonna move we’re gonna move!) ||: / / / / | / / / / :||(Twice) At the end of the day the old place is empty And the new place hous - es all of our stuff Unpack all the crap in the cardboard boxes It wasn’t that bad no it wasn’t so rough But my strong buddies... look a little bit grumpy I don’t why----- I broke my butt To - morrow we’ll call up the telephone compan - y And get another set of house keys cut! We’re gonna move we’re gonna move Yeah move-----------------------------! | / / / / | / / / / | I can tell by the look on your face You just... love our brand new better space baby! Move-----------------------------! | / / / / | We’re gonna move we’re gonna move----------! We’re gonna move we’re gonna move----------! We’re gonna move yeah move-----------------------------! | / / / / | / / / / | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ | /_/ /_/ / ||