Big Yellow Taxi Chords

by Joni Mitchell
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: 2nd fret
Author hcr [a] 174.
8 contributors total, last edit on Jul 7, 2021
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Chords

G
A
D7
D
Dmaj7
G/D

Strumming

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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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37 comments
april.archer.92
Just started playing again after 12 yrs. and this is just what I needed to help get me started
+19
recuerdosdela
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 👍
+6
hay-jay98
Hey great job! Any ideas for strumming pattern? Thx
+3