Big Yellow Taxi chords by Amy Grant

BIG YELLOW TAXI - by Joni Mitchell

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

   E    022100
   Emaj7  021100
   Esus4  022200
   E(no 3) 022400
   A    002220
   Asus4  002230
   A/C#  04222x
   B/D#  06444x
   B    224442
   Bsus  224452

Intro:

E  Emaj7  A/C#  B/D#
E  Emaj7  A/C#  B/D#
E Esus4 E  E Esus4 E Esus4 E
E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E

First verse:

    A   Asus4    A    Asus4  E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
Esus4 E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
    A  Asus4   B  Bsus   E
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot

Chorus:

 E       Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
     A/C#              B/D# E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
    A   Asus4    B    Bsus  E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E  E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
(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: