Counting Crows – Big Yellow Taxi (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] | C | G | C D | G | | C | G | C D | G | [Verse 1]
     C                                   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

      C              D                        G
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
[Chorus]
G
Don't it always seem to go

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

     C                  D                G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
[Verse 2]
     C                                            G
They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum

         C                    D                    G                                             G
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
[Chorus]
            G
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go

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

     C                  D                G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
[Post-chorus] | C D | G | [Verse 3]
    C                              G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

                   C
I don't care about spots on my apples

D                           G
Leave me the birds and the bees,  please
[Chorus]
G
Don't it always seem to go

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

     C                  D                 G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

              C                 D                G
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot,  Why not?
[Solo] | C | G | C D | G | | C | G | C D | G | [Bridge]
        C                                          G
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam

      C               D              G
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
[Chorus]
G
Don't it always seem to go

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

     C                  D                 G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

         G
Well, don't it always seem to go

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

      C                 D                G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
[Outro]
              C                  D                 G
Why not? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

            C                  D                 G
Hey-hey-hey paved paradise and put up a parking lot