Big Yellow Taxi chords by 
Joni Mitchell 
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
E
Don't it always seem to go
A
That you don't know
E
what you've got 'til it's gone?
A
They paved paradise
B
E
Put up a parking lot
(Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop)
Verse 2
A
They took all the trees
E
Put 'em in a tree mu seum
A
And they charged the people
B
E
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Chorus 2
E
Don't it always seem to go
A
That you don't know
E
what you've got 'til it's gone?
A
They paved paradise
B
E
Put up a parking lot
Verse 3
(Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop)
A
Hey, farmer, farmer
E
Put away the DD T now
A
Give me spots on my apples
B
E
But leave me the birds and the bees, please
Chorus 3
E
Don't it always seem to go
A
That you don't know
E
what you've got 'til it's gone?
A
They paved paradise
B
E
Put up a parking lot
Verse 4
(Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop)
A
Late last night
E
I heard the screen door slam
A
And a big yellow taxi
B
E
Took away my old man
Chorus 4
E
Don't it always seem to go
A
That you don't know
E
what you've got 'til it's gone?
A
They paved paradise
B
E
Put up a parking lot
E
I said, don't it always seem to go
A
That you don't know
E
what you've got 'til it's gone
A
They paved paradise
B
E
Put up a parking lot
A
They paved paradise
B
E
Put up a parking lot
A
They paved paradise
B
E
Put up a parking lot
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA B E
A
B
E
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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