[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
[BPM 81 - Intro - No drums - Fmaj7 Riff] [C][Fmaj7+riff][C][Fmaj7] - straight quarter note strums drums in - don't play riff second time
[Verse 1 - Drums in - Big fill flat of hand on main body - don't play final riff of intro] [C] Slip inside the [G] eye of your mind [Am] Don't you [E7] know you might [F] find ...... [G] A better place to [C] play [Am][G]
[Verse 2] [C] You said that [G] you'd never been [Am] But all the [E7] things that you've [F] seen .... [G] Slowly fade a [C] way [Am][G]
[Prechorus] [F] Gonna start a revo [Fm] lution from my [C] bed Cos you [F] said the brains I [Fm] have went to my [C] head
[F] Step outside the [Fm] summertime's in [C] bloom (drums - backward beat S B S B) [G] Stand up beside the fireplace [E7] Take that look from off your face (normal beat) [Am] Cos you ain't ever [G] going to burn my [F] heart ou.... [G] out [Vamp on G - Big fills thumb and chords at same time - play quarter notes on bass drum throughout]
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[Instrumental] C G Am E7 F G C Am-G
[Verse 3] [C] Take me to the [G] place where you [Am] go Where no [E7] body knows [F] .... [G] If it's night or day [C][Am][G] [C] Please don't put your [G] life in the [Am] hands Of a [E7] Rock and Roll [F] band .... [G] Who'll throw it all [C] away [Am][G]
[Prechorus] [F] Gonna start a revo [Fm] lution from my [C] bed Cos you [F] said the brains I [Fm] have went to my [C] head [F] Step outside the [Fm] summertime's in [C] bloom (backward beat) [G] Stand up beside the fireplace [E7] Take that look from off your face (normal beat) [Am] Cos you ain't ever [G] going to burn my [F] heart ou... [G]..outX
[Vamp on G - with drum fills] (drums - leave open strings of G ringing - play r/h bottom of board) (l/h - top of board near submarine pickup)
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C] soul [G] slides a [Am] way, [Stop]
But don't look [F] back in anger Dont look [Fm] back in anger I heard you [C] say
[G][Am][E7][F][Fm] At least not to [C] day [End]
[Notes] [Fmaj7 Riff] E 0-0-0 B 1-1-1 G x-x-0 D 2-3-3 on D string finger 2 with 2nd finger, 3 with 3rd finger - G is sort of naturally muted
