Big Yellow Taxi(Chords)

	        E       022100 
      Emaj7   021100 
      Esus4   022200 
      E(omit3)022400 
      A       002220 
      Asus4   002230 
      A/C#    04222x 
      B/D#    06444x 
      B       224442 
      Bsus    224452 
  
Intro: 
  
E   Emaj7   A/C#    B/D# 
E   Emaj7   A/C#    B/D# 
E Esus4 E   E Esus4 E Esus4 E 
E Esus4 E(omit3) Esus4 E Esus4 E 
  
First verse: 
  
       A     Asus4       A       Asus4   E Esus4 E(omit3) Esus4 E Esus4 E  
Esus4 E 
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 
        A   Asus4      B    Bsus      E 
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot 
  
Chorus: 
  
  E             Emaj7 
Don't it always seem to go 
          A/C#                           B/D#  E 
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone 
       A     Asus4       B        Bsus    E 
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 
  
E Esus4 E(omit3) Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E    E Esus4 E(omit3) Esus4 E Esus4 E 
(Shoo    bop    bop   bop   bop          Shoo   bop   bop   bop) 
 
 
Second verse: 
  
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum 
And they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em 
  
Repeat chorus: 
  
Third verse: 
  
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now 
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please 
  
Repeat chorus twice: 
  
Fourth verse: 
  
Late last night I heard the screen door slam 
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man 
  
Repeat chorus twice: 

	        

Written by Joni Mitchell, © 1970