[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 - 96 Intro Riff 3x000x x3x2xx-x5x4xx x3x2xx x5x4xx V - 3x0033 x55588 C - 3x0003 3x0013
[Verse] [G] Alone, l [G4] istless [G] . Break [G4] fast ta [G] ble in [G4] an othe [G] rwise e [G4] mpty room. [G] Young gi [G4] rl, vio [G] lence. [G4] Center [G] of her [G4] own att [G] ention. [G4] [G] The moth [G4] er reads aloud, chi [G] ld [G4] tries t [G] o under [G4] stand it. [G] Tries to [G4] make her proud. [G] The shad [G4] es go down. It' [Em7] s in he [Em6] r head. [Em7][Em6] Painted room. Ca [Em7] n't deny [Em6] there's someth [Em7] ing wro [Em6] ng.
[Chorus] [G] Don't ca [G4] ll me daughter. Not fit [G] to. [G4] [G] The pict [G4] ure kept will remind me [G] . [G4] [G] Don't ca [G4] ll me daughter. Not fit [G] to. [G4] [G] The pict [G4] ure kept will remind me [G] . [G4] [G] Don't ca [G4] ll me...
(Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 G G4)
[Bridge] [Em7] She hold [Em6] s the han [Em7] d that ho [Em6] lds her dow [Em7] n...... [Em6] ... [Em7] She will [Em6] rise abov [G] e. O [G4] oh... O [G] h...... [G4] ............ G G4 G G4
(G G4 G G4 G G4 G G4)
[Chorus] [G] Don't call me daughter. Not fit to. [G] The picture kept will remind me. [G] Don't call me daughter. Not fit to be. [G] The picture kept will remind me. [G] Don't call me daughter. Not fit to. [G] Don't call me daughter. Not fit to. [G] The picture kept will remind me. [G] Don't ca [G4] ll me...
The shades go down. (x2) The shades go... Go... Go...
