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Big Yellow Taxi

by Joni Mitchell

Chords & Lyrics, etc. · v1

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Type
Chords & Lyrics, etc.
Version
1
Created by
Bagus
Created
5/26/2026
Updated
5/26/2026
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Intro: G   G   A   A        D7  D7  D7  D7

     G                                                                 D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
            G                   A                              D
with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot.

 

D                       Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
               G/D                                                      D
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
         G                                  A                        D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

 

Interlude: D

 

They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.

Chorus

Interlude: D

Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.

Chorus

Interlude: D

 

Late last night I heard the screen door slam
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man

Chorus x2

D               G                           A                        D
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
D                 G                         A                          D
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot