Amy Grant-Big Yellow Taxi
[Intro Riff 1 - BPM - 82]E Emaj7 A/C# B/D#
E Emaj7 A/C# B/D#
[Intro Riff 2]
E Esus4 E E Esus4 E Esus4 E
E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
[Verse 1]
They [A] paved paradise and put up a parking [E] lot
With a [A] pink hotel, a [B] boutique, and a [E] swinging hot spot
[Chorus]
[E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go
That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone
They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Intro Riff 2]
[E]Shoo bop bop bop bop Shoo bop bop bop
[Verse 2]
They [A] took all the trees and put 'em in a tree mu [E] seum
And they [A] charged all the people [B] twenty-five bucks [E] just to see 'em
[Chorus]
[E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go
That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone
They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Verse 3]
[A] Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DD [E] T now
Give me [A] spots on my apples but [B] leave me
the birds and the [E] bees, please
[Chorus]
[E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go
That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone
They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go
That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone
They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[Verse 4]
[A] Late last night I heard the screen door [E] slam
And a [A] big yellow taxi [B] carried off my old [E] man
[Chorus]
[E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go
That you [A] don't know what you've got till it's [E] gone
They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[E] Don't it always [Emaj7] seem to go
(snare on all As and Es at end)
That you [A] don't know what you've got [A] till [A] it's [E] gone
They [A] paved paradise and [B] put up a parking [E] lot
[End]
[Old Notes]
BPM - 82
INTRO 1 - [EBAB] x 2 Barre chords at 7th fret
INTRO 2 at 7th fret - [E Esus4]
VERSE 1 "Paved paradise" [A A A A , E E E E (put sus4 phrase in) , A A B B E E E E]
CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E]
VERSE 2 Drums - "Took all the trees" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E]
CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E]
2 Shoos
VERSE 3 "Hey farmer" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E]
CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E]
"Paved" twice above - then intro 2 chords
Solo - Verse chords
CHORUS "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E]
VERSE 4 "Late last night" [A A A A E E E E , A A B B E E E E]
2 down strums til its gone to 1 down strum to E for emphasis
CHORUS x 2 - "Don't it always " [E E Emaj7 Emaj7 , A/E A/E A/E E , A A B B E E E E E E E E]
"Paved paradise, paved paradise, steamrolled paradise" x 3
Intro 2 chords at double time
Then intro 1 to go out