Standard Tuning
Intro
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They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
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With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
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Don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what you got till it's gone
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They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
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They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
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And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
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No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
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That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
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They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot
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(repeat chords)
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees - please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing,
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not, they paved paradise
They put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cuz you're givin it all away, no no
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I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Cuz you're givin it all givin it all away yeah yeah
Cuz You're givin it all away hey, hey, hey
Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot
la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la
Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
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Day Cody
Lyceum Northwestern University
BS Computer Engineering
