Big Yellow Taxi chords by 
Joni MitchellThe Joni Jam 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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B
E
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They paved paradise
Verse 1
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E
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Put up a parking lot
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B
With a pink hotel, a boutique
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E
And a swinging hot spot
Verse 2
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Don't it always seem to go
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E
That you don't know what you've
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E
got 'til it's gone?
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They paved paradise
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Put up a parking lot
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E
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
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E
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
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They took all the trees
Verse 3
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Put 'em in a tree museum
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E
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And they charged the people
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E
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Verse 4
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what
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you've got 'til it's gone?
A
They paved paradise
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E
Put up a parking lot
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E
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
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E
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
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Hey, farmer, farmer
Verse 5
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E
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Put away the DDT now
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A
Give me spots on my apples
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E
But leave me the birds and the bees,
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E
please
Verse 6
E
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what
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B
E
you've got 'til it's gone?
A
They paved paradise
E
B
E
Put up a parking lot
A
E
A
E
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
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E
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
A
Late last night
Verse 7
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E
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I heard the screen door slam
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And a big yellow taxi
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E
Took away my old man
Verse 8
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what
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you've got 'til it's gone?
A
They paved paradise
E
B
Put up a parking lot
A
E
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
Verse 9
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I said, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've
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E
got 'til it's gone
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They paved paradise
B
Put up a parking lot
E
A
E
Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
Verse 10
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B
They paved paradis e
Put up a parking lot
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Shoo, bop, bop, bop, bop
A
They paved paradise
Verse 11
B
Put up a parking lot
E
A
E
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