Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi (Guitar)

Capo 2 • Video Lesson
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spotify:track:6UkMcAA19lTdjs22jtB7o2 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