{t:Big Yellow Taxi}
{st:Joni Mitchell, 1970}
{c:strum: | d - D - - u d u | (1 2 (3) & 4 &)}
{c:intro}
[D]/ / / /
{c:verse 1}
[G]They paved paradise and put up a parking [D]lot,
With a [G]pink hotel, a [A]boutique and a [D]swingin' hot spot.
{soc}
[D]Don't it always [A]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
[D]Ooh, bah bah bah bah. Ooh, bah bah bah bah.
{eoc}
{c:verse 2}
They [G]took all the trees, put 'em in a tree mu-[D]seum
And they [G]charged the people a [A]dollar and a half just to [D]see 'em
{soc}
[D]Don't it always [A]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
[D]Ooh, bah bah bah bah. Ooh, bah bah bah bah.
{eoc}
{c:verse 3}
Hey [G]farmer farmer, put away that DD-[D]T now
Give me [G]spots on my apples, but [A]leave me the birds and the [D]bees ... please.
{soc}
[D]Don't it always [A]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
[D]Ooh, bah bah bah bah. Ooh, bah bah bah bah.
{eoc}
{c:verse 4}
[G]Late last night I heard the screen door [D]slam,
And a [G]big yellow taxi [A]took away my old [D]man.
{soc}
[D]Don't it always [A]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
[D]Ooh, bah bah bah bah
[D]Don't it always [A]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
[D]Ooh, bah bah bah bah,
{eoc}
{c:outro}
[D]Yeah they [G]paved paradise, [A]put up a parking [D]lot
[D]ooh, bah bah bah bah,
[D]I said they [G]paved paradise, [A]put up a parking [D]lot
