Big Yellow Taxi Ukulele chords by Joni Mitchell

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