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Big Yellow Taxi  Amy Grant

Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 19:14:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Riess
BIG YELLOW TAXI - by Joni Mitchell
>From Amy Grant's "House of Love" album.
Transcribed by Joe Riess (jriess@ddt.eng.uc.edu).
E 022100
Emaj7 021100
Esus4 022200
E(no 3) 022400
A 002220
Asus4 002230
A/C# 04222x
B/D# 06444x
[B] [224442]  
[Bsus] [224452]  
Intro:
[E] [Emaj7] [A/C#] [B/D#]  
[E] [Emaj7] [A/C#] [B/D#]  
[E]E [Esus4]Esus4 [E]E(no[E] 3[Esus4]) Esus[E]4 [Esus4]E Esus[E]4 E
First verse:
A Asus4 A Asus4 E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Esus4]They p[E]aved paradise and put up a parking lot
With a p[A]ink [Asus4]hotel, a bo[B]utiqu[Bsus]e, and a s[E]winging hot spot
Chorus:
Do[E]n't it always [Emaj7]seem to go
That you d[A/C#]on't know what you've got till [B/D#]it's g[E]one
They pa[A]ved pa[Asus4]radise and p[B]ut up a p[Bsus]arking l[E]ot
E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
(Shoo bop bop bop bop Shoo bop bop bop)
Second verse:
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em
Repeat chorus:
Third verse:
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please
Repeat chorus twice:
Fourth verse:
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man
Repeat chorus twice:

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A A/C# Asus4 B Bsus E Emaj7 Esus4
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