Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Verse 1:
F C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
F G C
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
Chorus:
C
Don't it always seem to go
F C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
F G C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
Verse 2:
F C
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
F G C
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
Chorus:
C
Don't it always seem to go
F C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
F G C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
Verse 3:
F C
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now
F
Give me spots on my apples
G C
But leave me the birds and the bees, please
Chorus:
C
Don't it always seem to go
F C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
F G C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop
Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
Verse 4:
F C
Late last night, I heard the screen door slam
F C
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
Chorus:
C
Don't it always seem to go
F C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
F G C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
C
I said, don't it always seem to go
F C
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone?
F G C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
F G C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
C
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
F G C
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot