Big Yellow Taxi Chords & Tabs

by Joni Mitchell

[Content]
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Lyrics and Music by Joni Mitchell
Producer: Joni Mitchell
Year: 1970

[Intro]
G      G      A      A
D7     D7     D7     D7

[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