Big Yellow Taxi Chords & Tabs
It’s a pretty easy tune too play, be careful with the strumming patterns. Great song
fun.
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) Capo 1st Fret
Chords:
G6 - 320033
Cadd9 - x32033
F# - 200233
Cadd9 F# G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Cadd9 G6
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hot spot
G6
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9 F# G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G6
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9 G6
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
Cadd9 G6
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no
G6
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9 F# G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G6
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9 G6
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples
G6
Leave me the birds and the bees
Please
G6
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9 F# G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Cadd9 F# G6
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
G6
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Solo
[Cadd9 – G6] x3 Cadd9 (ring)
Bridge
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G6
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
Cadd9 F# G6
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
G6
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9 F# G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G6
Well, don't it always seem to go
Cadd9 Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9 F# G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Why not?
Cadd9 F# G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey
Cadd9 F# G6
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G6
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
G6
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Cadd9
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
G6
Now you wanna giving it all away
Cadd9
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
G6
Why you wanna giving it all away
Cadd9
Hey, hey, givin it all,
F# G6 Cadd9
givin it all....away
G6 Cadd9
Why do you want me?
G6
Why do you want me?
Cadd9 F# G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Cadd9 – G6 (fade out)
That’s it, great song and fun to play.
