Chords with lyrics
Cadd9Cadd9 
D/F#D/F# 
G+G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
G+G
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G+G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
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And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no
G+G
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G+G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
Cadd9Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples
G+G
Leave me the birds and the bees
Please
G+G
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
G+G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Solo
[Cadd9Cadd9 – G+G] x3 Cadd9Cadd9 (let ring)
G+G
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
G+G
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G+G
Well, don't it always seem to go
Cadd9Cadd9 Cadd9Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Why not?
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G+G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9Cadd9
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
G+G
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Cadd9Cadd9
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
G+G
Now you wanna giving it all away
Cadd9Cadd9
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
G+G
Why you wanna giving it all away
Cadd9Cadd9
Hey, hey, givin it all,
D/F#D/F# G+G Cadd9Cadd9
givin it all....away
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
Why do you want me?
G+G
Why do you want me?
Cadd9Cadd9 D/F#D/F# G+G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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