[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
[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
[Intro - BPM 95] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Verse 1] [G] Another turning point, a [Cadd9] fork stuck in the [D] road, [G] Time grabs you by the wrist, di [Cadd9] rects you where to [D] go [Em] So make the [D] best of this [C] test and don't ask [G] why [Em] It's not a [D] question but a [C] lesson learned in [G] time
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Interlude] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Verse 2] [G] So take the photographs and s [Cadd9] till frames in your [D] mind [G] Hang it on a shelf, in [Cadd9] good health and good [D] time [Em] Tattoos of m [D] emories and de [C] ad skin on tr [G] ial [Em] For what it's [D] worth it was [C] worth all the [G] while
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Instrumental - fuller drums - slightly mute chords to help melody ring out] | G (sus4 figure) | C | D | | G (sus4 figure) | C then Cadd-high9 | D | (gentle strums so not overpowering) | G (e-string- 5p30) - G6 (320000) | C | D | | G (sus4 figure) | C | D | | Em (g-string- 2 0)| D | C (g-string- 02)| G | | Em | D | C | G |
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Interlude] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Chorus - Drums stop - more free time] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
