Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell
This version of the song has appeared elsewhere on the internet, I've just posted it
here so the correct version as the artist plays it is on UG.
I play it in open D tuning with a Capo on 2. Muffling the bar A and B chords in the
intro and first verse help give the rhythm to the song. Listen to the song and you'll figure
it out :)
Chord Shapes : All chords relative to capo
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E A B [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 A6 B6 E5 Emaj7
D---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------| A---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------| F#--0----5----7----1----------1------5----7-----3----3---------------| D---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------| A---0----5----7----2----------3------7----9-----5----4---------------| D---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|
Intro :
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[A] [A6] [A] [A6] [A] [B] [B6] [B] [B6] [B]
E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb]
E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E
Verse :
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A A6 A E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb]
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E
With a pi[A]nk ho[A6]tel, a bou[B]tique and a s[B6]wingin'
E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E
hot spot
CHORUS:
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D[E5]on't it always [Emaj7]seem to go
[cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They pa[A]ved parad[A6]ise and p[B]ut up a p[B6]arking lo[E]t
E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E
(Shoo bop bop bop bop
E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E
Shoo bop bop bop bop)
(Same chords for the following verses/choruses)
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
CHORUS
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees
please
CHORUS
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
CHORUS TWICE (with only one shooo bop... at each end)
They pa[A]ved parad[A6]ise, pu[B]t up a pa[B6]rking lo[E]t
E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E
(Shoo bop bop bop bop
They pa[A]ved parad[A6]ise, put [B]up a park[B6]ing lo[E]t
E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E7sus4 [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E [cb]Aadd2/E[/cb] E
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