Counting Crows – Big Yellow Taxi (Guitar)

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"Big Yellow Taxi" – Counting Crows This is my take on the tab. I use multiple G styles because the song has certain accents that sound good when replicated. Chords: G 320003 or 3X0003 G* 320013 or 3X0013 G** 320033 Cadd9 x32033 D/F# 200232 [Verse]
Cadd9                   D/F#                  G    G*   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Cadd9                D/F#                                   G   G*   G
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
[Chorus]
G**
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9                   D/F#                   G   G*   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
[Verse]
Cadd9                                                           G   G*   G
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum

Cadd9                                                             G   G*
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them

G
No, no, no
[Chorus]
G**
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9                   D/F#                  G   G*   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
[Verse]
    Cadd9                                  G   G*   G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

G                   Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples

                           G   G*
Leave me the birds and the bees

G
Please
[Chorus]
G**
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9                   D/F#                  G   G*   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

              Cadd9             D/F#                  G   G*   G
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
[Solo] Cadd9 G G* G x3 Cadd9 [Bridge]
                                                G**
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam

        Cadd9           D/F#              G**
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
[Chorus]
G**
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9                   D/F#                  G   G*   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

      G
Well, don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9                   D/F#                    G   G*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Why not?

     Cadd9              D/F#                  G   G*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Hey hey hey

Cadd9              D/F#                  G   G*
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
[Bridge]
Cadd9
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
                G
Why you wanna give it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Cadd9
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
              G
Now you wanna give it all away

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
              G
Why you wanna give it all away

          Cadd9
Hey, hey, givin it all,

D/F#            G                         Cadd9
givin it all....away
[Outro]
                  G                             Cadd9
Why do you want me?

                  G
Why do you want me?

Cadd9                         D/F#                  G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Cadd9 G