Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell
Intro:
G - G6 - G - G6 - G - D - A - A6 - A - A6 - A
D - D6sus4 - C6sus2/D - D6sus4 3x
[D] [-] [D6sus4] [-] [C6sus2/D] [-] [D]
G* G* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G* A* D*
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot
Chorus:
[Di] Don't it always [D5/C#] seem to go
That you [Dsus4/B] don't know what you've got till it's [D] gone
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* G* D*
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree mu- seum
G* A* D*
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
Chorus:
[Di] Don't it always [D5/C#] seem to go
That you [Dsus4/B] don't know what you've got till it's [D] gone
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* G* D*
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.- T. now
G* A* D*
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please
Chorus:
[Di] Don't it always [D5/C#] seem to go
That you [Dsus4/B] don't know what you've got till it's [D] gone
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* G* D*
Late last night I heard the screendoor slam
G* A* D*
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
Chorus:
[Di] Don't it always [D5/C#] seem to go
That you [Dsus4/B] don't know what you've got till it's [D] gone
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa)
I said [Di] Don't it always [D5/C#] seem to go
That you [Dsus4/B] don't know what you've got till it's [D] gone /
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot //
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