| f | Big Yellow Taxi | f | Big Yellow Taxi |
| Joni Mitchell | | Joni Mitchell |
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| Intro: | | Intro: |
| [G] | | [G] |
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| Verse 1: | | Verse 1: |
| They [G] paved paradise... put up a parking [D] lot | | They [G] paved paradise... put up a parking [D] lot |
| With a [G] pink hotel... a [A] boutique... and a [D] swinging hot spot | | With a [G] pink hotel... a [A] boutique... and a [D] swinging hot spot |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |[D] Don't it always [F#m] seem to go | | |[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 | | |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 | | |They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot |
| n | |[D] (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba) | n | |[D] {blue} (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba){/blue} |
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| Verse 2: | | Verse 2: |
| They [G] took all the trees... put 'em in a tree mu[D]seum | | 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 | | And then they [G] charged the people... a [A] dollar and a half just to [D] see 'em |
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| Chorus: | | Chorus: |
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| Verse 3: | | Verse 3: |
| [G] Hey farmer, farmer... put away your D.D. [D] T. now | | [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 | | Give me [G] spots on my apples... but [A] leave me the birds and the [D] bees, please |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |[D] Don't it always [F#m] seem to go | | |[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 | | |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 | | |They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot |
| n | |[D] (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba) | n | |[D] {blue} (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba){/blue} |
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| Verse 4: | | Verse 4: |
| [G] Late last night... I heard the screen door [D] slam | | [G] Late last night... I heard the screen door [D] slam |
| And a [G] big yellow taxi... [A] took away my old [D] man | | And a [G] big yellow taxi... [A] took away my old [D] man |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |[D] Don't it always [F#m] seem to go | | |[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 | | |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 | | |They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot |
| n | |[D] (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba) | n | |[D] {blue} (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba){/blue} |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |I said, [D] don't it always [F#m] seem to go | | |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 | | |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 | | |They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot |
| n | |[D] (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba) | n | |[D] {blue} (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba){/blue} |
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| Outro: | | Outro: |
| They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot | | They [G] paved paradise... [A] put up a parking [D] lot |
| t | [D] (Shoo ba-ba ba-ba... shoo ba-ba ba-ba) | t | [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 | | They [G] paved paradise and [A] put up a parking [D] lot |