Big Yellow Taxi chords by
Joni Mitchell

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Key: E major

Intro 1

A

B

E

E

Verse 1

A

They paved paradise

E

Put up a parking lot

A

B

With a pink hotel, a boutique

E

And a swinging hot spot

Chorus 1
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know
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what you've got 'til it's gone?
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They paved paradise
B B 2
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E E 
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Put up a parking lot
(Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop)

Verse 2

A

They took all the trees

E

Put 'em in a tree museum

A

And they charged the people

B

E

A dollar and a half just to see 'em

Chorus 2
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know
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They paved paradise
B B 2
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E E 
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Put up a parking lot

Verse 3
(Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop)
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Hey, farmer, farmer
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Put away the DDT  now
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Give me spots on my apples
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E E 
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But leave me the birds and the bees, please

Chorus 3
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That you don't know
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They paved paradise
B B 2
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E E 
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Put up a parking lot

Verse 4
(Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop)
A A 
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Late last night
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I heard the screen door slam
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And a big yellow taxi
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E E 
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Took away my old man

Chorus 4
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That you don't know
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They paved paradise
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E E 
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Put up a parking lot
E E 
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I said, don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know
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what you've got 'til it's gone
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They paved paradise
B B 2
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E E 
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Put up a parking lot
A A 
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They paved paradise
B B 2
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E E 
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Put up a parking lot
A A 
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They paved paradise
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E E 
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Put up a parking lot

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