Big Yellow Taxi
Recorded by Joni Mitchell
Album: Joni Mitchell: Live at BBC, 9 October 1970 (2023)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(A) / / / |(A) / / / |
|(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / /

(Verse 1)
They (G)paved paradise and put up a parking (D)lot
With a (G)pink hotel, a (A)boutique and a (D)swingin' hot spot
 
(Chorus)
(D)Don't it always seem to go
That you (G/D)don’t know what you've (D)got till it's gonestyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
They (G)paved paradise and (A)put up a parking (D)lotstyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
 
(Interlude)
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(Verse 2)
They (G)took all the trees, put 'em in a tree mus-(D)eum
And they (G)charged the people a (A)dollar and a half just (D)to see 'em
 
(Chorus)
(D)Don't it always seem to go
That you (G/D)don’t know what you've (D)got till it's gonestyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
They (G)paved paradise and (A)put up a parking (D)lotstyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
 
(Interlude)
 / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Verse 3)
(G)Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.(D)T. now
Give me (G)spots on my apples but (A)leave me the birds and the (D)bees please
 
(Chorus 3)
(D)Don't it always seem to go
That you (G/D)don’t know what you've (D)got till it's gonestyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
They (G)paved paradise and (A)put up a parking (D)lotstyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
 
(Interlude)
 / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Verse 4)
(G)Late last night I heard the screen door (D)slam
And a (G)big yellow taxi (A)took away my old (D)man
 
(Chorus)
(D)Don't it always seem to go
That you (G/D)don’t know what you've (D)got till it's gonestyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
They (G)paved paradise and (A)put up a parking (D)lotstyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
(D)Don't it always seem to go
That you (G/D)don’t know what you've (D)got till it's gonestyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
They (G)paved paradise and (A)put up a parking (D)lotstyle='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>
 
(Outro.)
They (G)paved paradise, (A)put up a parking (D)lot
I said they (G)paved paradise, (A)put up a parking (D)lot - - - - -