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Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell

Intro:
[G]

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

|Chorus:
|[D] Don't it always [F#m] seem to go
|That you [G] don't know what you've got till it's [D] gone 
|They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot
|[D] {blue} (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba){/blue}

Verse 2:
They [G] took all the trees... put 'em in a tree mu[D]seum
And then they [G] charged the people... a [A] dollar and a half just to [D] see 'em

Chorus:

Verse 3:
[G] Hey farmer, farmer... put away your D.D. [D] T. now
Give me [G] spots on my apples... but [A] leave me the birds and the [D] bees, please

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

|Chorus:
|I said, [D] don't it always [F#m] seem to go
|That you [G] don't know what you've got till it's [D] gone 
|They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot
|[D] {blue} (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba){/blue}

Outro:
They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot
[D] {blue} (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba){/blue} 
They [G] paved paradise and [A] put up a parking [D] lot

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