Loudon Wainwright Iii - Cardboard Boxes Chords

13th Aug 2013

Tuning: Standard

Am   =  x02210    F  = 133211   D7  = xx0212
Am/E =  002210    G  = 320003   G4  = 320013
Am/G =  302210    E7 = 022130   Am7 = x02213

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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)


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I'm gonna go   to the super - mark - et,
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I'm gonna go   to the liquor store,
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I'm gonna get me some cardboard box - es,
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You know what them boxes are for!


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I'm gonna rent me a   'U - Haul' trail - er,
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Hook it on the back  of ...my old car,
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Call up some of my stronger bud - dies,
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That's what your strong buddies are for!


 F                 G
We're gonna move,    we're gonna move,
       Am   Am/E Am/G     
Yeah, move-----------!  

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|  /  /   /    /  |  /  /   /    /  |


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Give it to the Sal - vation Army, or the Good - will,
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We've got so   much junk it's a joke,
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Wrap a knick- nack in   some old news - paper,
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I know it was a present, but the damn thing broke!


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Your old shoes, and   my old T - shirts,
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 My strong buddies crave ice cold beers,
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Don't throw that a - way,  it's a family heir -loom,
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    I've had that ash - tray for fifteen years!

 F                G
We're gonna move,    we're gonna move,
       Am   Am/E Am/G
Yeah, move-----------!

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|  /  /   /    /  |  /  /   /    /  |

             E7
We're gonna empty out our old place,
          D7
And move into a brand new better space,
Am       Am/E Am/G     Am    Am/E Am/G
    Move--------------------------------!


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||:  /  /   /    /  |  /  /   /    /  :||(Twice)


            Am             Am/E   Am/G      Am             Am/E
We got the books, and the records, and the tapes, and the pictures,
Am/G    Am           Am/E      Am/G      Am       Am/E  Am/G
And the pots and the pans, and all the breakable glass,
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The living room couch, and the dining room table,
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The washer, and the dryer, what a pain in the ass!


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We've got the TV, and the home enter - tainment... centre,
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The box spring,       and the queen-size bed,
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We got the Christmas deco - rations, and the bureau, and the play - pen,
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IF WE HAD A PIANO,       I  THINK I'D DROP DEAD!


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        Brrrrrrrrrrrr!  Oh, yes, yes!               Brrr, dah!
(We're gonna move,               we're gonna move!)

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||:  /  /   /    /  |  /  /   /    /  :||(Twice)


       Am        Am/E      Am/G Am       Am/E
At the end of the day, the old place is empty, 
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And the new place hous - es all of our stuff,
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Unpack all the cr*p in the cardboard boxes,
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It wasn't that bad,  no, it wasn't so rough,
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   But my strong buddies...    look a little bit grumpy, 
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I don't why----- I  broke my butt,
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To - morrow we'll call  up the telephone compan - y,
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    And get another set of house keys cut!

 F                G
We're gonna move,    we're gonna move,
       Am   Am/E Am/G     Am   Am/E Am/G
Yeah, move-----------------------------!

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|  /  /   /    /  |  /  /   /    /  |

       E7
I can tell by the look on your face,
          D7
You just...  love our brand new better space, baby!
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    Move-----------------------------! |  /  /   /    /  |


Am  Am/E  Am/G         F                Am   Am/E Am/G
          We're gonna move, we're gonna move----------!
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          We're gonna move, we're gonna move----------!
Am  Am/E  Am/G         F           G  G4   G G4   G  G4   G  G4   G
          We're gonna move, yeah, move-----------------------------!

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