G5 barre                             open G5                                           
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 

With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot 
G5 ,              D5  
Don't it always seem to go  
       C5                                     G5 
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone 
C5                         D5              G5 
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 
open G5                             barre G5 
Ooooh, bop bop bop,   Ooooh, bop bop bop 
G5 C5                                        C5 G5                                     
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum 
G5 C5                         C5 D5                      D5 G5 
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them 

No, no, no 
G5                 D5 
Don't it always seem to go 
       C5                                    G5 
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone 
C5                         D5               G5 
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot 
 
Ooooh, bop bop bop,,      Ooooh, bop bop bop 
C5                                 G5 
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT 
                    C5 
I don't care about spots on my apples, 
                            G5 
Leave me the birds and the bees 

Please 
G5                 D5 
Don't it always seem to go 
      C5                                    G5 
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone 
C5                                       D5                   G5 
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 
         C5                       D5               G5 
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot 

Why not? 
 
Ooooh, bop bop bop,    Ooooh, bop bop bop 
                                             G5      Harmonic 5th 
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam 
        C5             D5             G5 
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away 
G5                 D5 
Don't it always seem to go 
     C5                                      G5 
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone 

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 

Well, don't it always seem to go 

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

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot 

Why not? 

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 

Hey hey hey 

Paved paradise and put up a parking lot 
 
Ooooh, bop bop bop,    Ooooh, bop bop bop 
         C5 
I don't wanna give it 

Why you wanna give it 
                G5 
Why you wanna giving it all away 

Hey, hey, hey 

Now you wanna give it 

I should wanna give it 

Now you wanna giving it all away