Big Yellow Taxi Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][G][A][D][A][G][A]
[D]

[Verse 1]
They [G]paved
paradise and put up a parking [D]lot
With a [G]pink hotel, a [A]boutique,
and [D]a swinging hot spot

[Verse 2]
[D]Don't it always seem to go
That you [G]don't know what
you've got till it's [D]gone
They [G]paved paradise and [A]put
up a parking [D]lot

[Verse 3]
[D]
[G]They took all the trees and
put 'em in a tree museum
[D]And[G] th[D]en they char[G]ged
all the people
[A]Twenty- five bucks [D]just to see 'em

[Verse 4]
[D]Don't it always seem to go
That [G]you don't know what
you've got till it's gone
[D]They pav[G]ed paradise and put[A]

[Interlude 1]
up a parking lot
[D][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 5]
[G]Hey farmer, farmer,
put away your [D]DDT [G]now[D]
You give me [G]spots on my apples
But [A]leave me the birds an[D]d the bees

[Verse 6]
[D]Please don't it always [A]seem to go
That you [G]don't know what you've
got till [A]it's [D]gone
[G]They paved paradise [A]and they
put up a parking [D]lot[G][D][G]
[D]I say, the[G]y paved paradise and the[A]y put

[Interlude 2]
up a parking lot
[D]
[G][D]
[G][A][D][G][D]

[Verse 7]
[D]Don't it always seem [A]to go
[D]That you [G]don't know what
you've got till it's [D]gone
They [G]paved paradise and they
[A]put up a parking lot
[D][G][D]

[Verse 8]
[D]Late [G]last night I heard
the screen door [D]slam
And a [G]big yellow taxi [A]carried
off [D]my old man

[Verse 9]
[D]Don't it always [A]seem to go
That you [G]don't know [Em]what you've
got till it's [D]gone
[G]They paved paradise and they
[A]put up a parking lot
[D]

[Verse 10]
[D]Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've
[A]got till it's [D]gone
[G]They paved paradise and
they [A]put up a parking [D]lot
Oh, no, no, [G]paved paradise and
[A]they put up a parking [D]lot
Hey, steam rolled [G]paradise
and [A]put up a parking lot

[Outro 1]
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