Big Yellow Taxi Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Cadd9They paved paradise and put upD/F♯ a parking lot G

Cadd9With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot G

GDon't it always seem to go

 That you don'Cadd9t know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9They paved paradise and put uD/F♯p a parking lot G

GOoooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum G

Cadd9And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them G

No, no, no

GDon't it always seem to go

 That you don'Cadd9t know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9They paved paradise and put upD/F♯ a parking lot G

GOoooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9Ooooh, bop bop bop

 Hey farCadd9mer, farmer, put away your DDT G

 I don't care about spots on Cadd9my apples

 Leave me the birds and the bees G

Please

GDon't it always seem to go

 That you don'Cadd9t know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9They paved paradise and put upD/F♯ a parking lot G

 Hey now, they paved paCadd9radise to put up a parking D/F♯lot G

Why not?

GOoooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9Ooooh, bop bop bop

Solo

 [Cadd9 – G] x3 Cadd9 (let ring)

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

 And a biCadd9g yellow taxi toD/F♯ok my girl away G

GDon't it always seem to go

 That you don'Cadd9t know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9They paved paradise and put upD/F♯ a parking lot G

 Well, donG't it always seem to go

 That you donCadd9't know what you got 'til it's gone Cadd9

Cadd9They paved paradise and put upD/F♯ a parking lot G

Why not?

 They pavCadd9ed paradise and put upD/F♯ a parking lot G

Hey hey hey

Cadd9Paved paradise and putD/F♯ up a parking lot G

GOoooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

 Why you wanna giving it Gall away

Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

 Now you wanna giving it Gall away

Cadd9I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

 Why you wanna giving it Gall away

 Hey, hey, givin Cadd9it all,

D/F♯givin it Gall....away Cadd9

 Why do you want meG? Cadd9

 Why do you want meG?

Cadd9They paved paradise and put upD/F♯ a parking lot G

Cadd9 – G (fade out)

Enjoy