
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