[INT] ->   E5   E5   A5    B5

           E5   E5   A5    B5

           E5 E5 E5   E5 E5 E5 E5 E5

           E5 E5 E(no 3) E5 E5 E5 E5
 first verse:
       A5     A5       A5       A5   E5 E5 E(no 3) E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5
they paved paradise and put up A parking lot
        A5   A5      B5    B5      E5
with A pink hotel, A boutique, and A swinging hot spot
 
chorus:
  E5             E5
dont it always seem to go
          A5                           B5  E5
that you dont know what youve got till its gone
       A5     A5       B5        B5    E5
they paved paradise and put up A parking lot
E5 E5 E(no 3) E5 E5 E5 E5 E5 E5    E5 E5 E(no 3) E5 E5 E5 E5
(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:


      E       022100
      EmAj7   021100
      Esus4   022200
      e(no 3) 022400
      A       002220
      Asus4   002230
      A/C#    04222x
      b/d#    06444x
      B       224442
      Bsus    224452