Big Yellow Taxi Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | E |
Capo: | 2nd fret |
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Lyrics and Music by Joni Mitchell
Producer: Joni Mitchell
Year: 1970
[Intro]
G G A A
D7 D7 D7 D7
[Verse 1]
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.
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
G D
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
G A D
and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
G D
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,
G A D
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.
[Chorus 3]
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
[Verse 4]
G D
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
G A D
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man
[Chorus]
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 D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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.
[Outro]
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
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Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
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37 comments

Just started playing again after 12 yrs. and this is just what I needed to help get me started
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This song uses an open D tuning with capo on fret 2 so in E if you want it to sound as it should. Chords are freely available on the official Joni Mitchell website 👍
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Hey great job! Any ideas for strumming pattern? Thx
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