Big Yellow Taxi

Chords

Standard

Chords:

G      
Cadd9     
D     


Intro

Cadd9    G

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

       Cadd9          D                        G
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

G                D   
Don't it always seem to go

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

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

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

     Cadd9     D          G
They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum

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

No, no, no

G                D   
Don't it always seem to go

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

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

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

    Cadd9            D               G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

                   Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples

D                          G
Leave me the birds and the bees

Please

G                D
Don't it always seem to go

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

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

                     Cadd9        D               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] x3  Cadd9   D     Cadd9 (let ring)

                                                  G
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam

      Cadd9             D           G
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

     G               D   
Now don't it always seem to go

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

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

Hey, now, now

G               D   
Don't it always seem to go

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

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

Why not?

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

Hey hey hey

Cadd9                D               G
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

                G
Why you wanna giving it all away

Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9
Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

          G
Just to giving it all away

Now, now

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

                G
Why you wanna giving it all away

     Cadd9
Girl, you're giving it all,

D                 G         Cadd9
giving it all....away

           GCadd9
Why do you want me?

            G               Cadd9           
Why do you want me?

G
la la la la la la la la la la la la

     Cadd9              D                G
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot


Cadd9 - G (fade out)