Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi (Ukulele)

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[Verse 1]
     F                                   C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

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

         F                                    C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

     F               G                C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

 C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop

Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
[Verse 2]
     F                                     C
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum

         F                    G                         C
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
[Chorus]
C
Don't it always seem to go

         F                                    C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

     F               G                C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

 C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop

Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
[Verse 3]
F                                 C
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now

        F
Give me spots on my apples

    G                          C
But leave me the birds and the bees, please
[Chorus]
C
Don't it always seem to go

         F                                    C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

     F               G                C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

 C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop

Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
[Verse 4]
F                                   C
Late last night, I heard the screen door slam

      F                                C
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
[Chorus]
C
Don't it always seem to go

         F                                    C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

     F               G                C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

 C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)

        C
I said, don't it always seem to go

         F                                    C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?

     F               G                C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)

     F               G                C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)

     F               G                C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot