• Song:

    Big Yellow Taxi

  • Artist:

    Joni Mitchell

  • Album:

    Big Yellow Taxi

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From: HCR

BIG YELLOW TAXI- Joni Mitchell

TUNING: Standard

(This is not how JM does it but this is my interpretation and it sounds pretty good if 
want an easy way to play this song that sounds good)


G (320003@1)                                      DThey (xx0232@1)paved paradise and put up a parking lot
       G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)            DWith (xx0232@1)a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)             ADon't (x02220@1)it always seem to go
          G (320003@1)                                 DThat (xx0232@1)you don't know what you've got till it's gone
      G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)              DThey (xx0232@1)paved paradise and put up a parking lot

     G (320003@1)                                      DThey (xx0232@1)took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
         G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)                       DAnd (xx0232@1)they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em

CHORUS

    G (320003@1)                              DHey (xx0232@1)farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
        G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)                        DGive (xx0232@1)me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees
Dplease (xx0232@1)
CHORUS

G (320003@1)                                     DLate (xx0232@1)last night I heard the screen door slam
      G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)a big yellow taxi took away my old man

CHORUS TWICE

D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)              DYeah (xx0232@1)they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)              DI (xx0232@1)said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot

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