Big Yellow Taxi
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G A D
with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot.
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
G/D D
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
G A D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
[Interlude]
D
[Verse 2]
G D
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
G A D
and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
G/D D
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
G A D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
[Interlude]
D
[Verse 3]
G D
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,
G A D
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.
[Chorus 3]
D Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
G/D D
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
G A D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
[Interlude]
D
[Verse 4]
G D
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
G A D
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man
[Chorus]
D Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
G/D D
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
G A D D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
D Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
G/D D
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
G A D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
[Outro]
D G A D
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
D G A D
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot