Big Yellow Taxi Ukulele chords by Joni Mitchell

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