Big Yellow Taxi chords by Amy Grant

Chords with lyrics

BIG YELLOW TAXI - by Joni Mitchell

From Amy Grant's "House of Love" album.

   E MajorE    022100
   EMaj7Emaj7  021100
   Esus4Esus4  022200
   E(no 3) 022400
   A augmentedA    002220
   Asus4Asus4  002230
   A/C#A/C#  04222x
   B/D#B/D#  06444x
   BB    224442
   BsusBsus  224452

Intro:

E MajorE  EMaj7Emaj7  A/C#A/C#  B/D#B/D#
E MajorE  EMaj7Emaj7  A/C#A/C#  B/D#B/D#
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE  E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
E Esus4Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE

First verse:

    A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4    A augmentedA    Asus4Asus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
    A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4   BB  BsusBsus   E MajorE
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot

Chorus:

 E MajorE       EMaj7Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
     A/C#A/C#              B/D#B/D# E MajorE
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
    A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4    BB    BsusBsus  E MajorE
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE  E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4Esus4 E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
(Shoo  bop  bop  bop  bop     Shoo  bop  bop  bop)

Second verse:

They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em

Repeat chorus:

Third verse:

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please

Repeat chorus twice:

Fourth verse:

Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man

Repeat chorus twice:

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