Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchel

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1&2&3&4&  
D XU UXU  
INTRO (2x)
[A][Asus4][|][A][Asus4][|][B][Bsus4][|][B][Bsus4][|]
[E][Esus4]          [|][E][Esus4]           [|][E][Esus4][|]
 
VERSE 1 
[E]..They [|][A]paved paradise and [|][A]put up a 
parking [|][E]lot [|][E]..with a [|][A]pink hotel, a [|]
[B]boutique and a swin[|][E]gin' hot [|][E]spot. [|]
 
CHORUS (singles)
[E]Don't it always [|][E]seem to go that you [|]
[A]don't know what you've got ill it's [|][E]tgone.
They [|][A][strum]paved paradise and [|]
[B]put up a parking [|][E]lot. 

Oooooh [|][E]bop bop bop bop [|]
[E]Oooooh [|][E]bop bop bop bop
 
VERSE 2
They [|][A]took all the trees, [|][A]put 'em in a tree 
mus[|][E]eum [|][E]..and they [|][A]charged the people a [|]
[B]dollar and a half just to [|][E]see 'em. [|][E][|]

CHORUS (singles)
[E]Don't it always [|][E]seem to go that you [|]
[A]don't know what you've got till it's [|][E]gone.
They [|][A][strum]paved paradise and [|]
[B]put up a parking [|][E]lot. [|]

Oooooh [|][E]bop bop bop bop [|]
[E]Oooooh [|][E]bop bop bop bop

VERSE 3
[A]Hey farmer, farmer, [|][A]put away that 
D.D.[|][E]T. now, [|][E]...give me [|][A]spots on my apples but [|]
[B]leave me the birds and the [|][E]bees, [|][E]please. [|]
 
CHORUS (singles)
[E]Don't it always [|][E]seem to go that you [|]
[A]don't know what you've got till it's [|][E]gone.
They [|][A][strum]paved paradise and [|]
[B]put up a parking [|][E]lot. 
 
Oooooh [|][E]bop bop bop bop [|]
[E]Oooooh [|][E]bop bop bop bop

VERSE 4
[A]Late last night I [|][A]heard the screen door [|]
[E]slam [|][E]...and a [|][A]big yellow taxi [|]
[B]took away my old [|][E]man [|][E][|]
 
CHORUS (singles)
[E]Don't it always [|][E]seem to go that you [|]
[A] don't know what you've got till it's [|][E]gone.
They [|][A][strum]paved paradise and [|]
[B]put up a parking [|][E]lot. [|][E][|]

CHORUS (2x)
[E]Don't it always [|][E]seem to go that you [|]
[A][Slower]don't know what you've got till it's [|][E][\]gone...
They [|][A][strum][fast]paved paradise and [|]
[B]put up a parking [|][E]lot. 
Oooooh [|][E]bop bop bop bop

OUTRO
Yeah they [|][A]paved paradise, [|]
[B]put up a parking [|][E]lot 
Oooooh [|][E]bop bop bop bop
I said they [|][A*][A*sus4][comically_high]paved paradise, [|]
[B][comically_low]put up a parking [|][E]lot [|][E]