[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 122] Just drums for 2 bars then one, two, one, two, three, four... [Asus2-x02200][Asus2][Cmaj7-x32000][Gadd6-320000] x 2
[Verse 1] [Asus2] travelling through a [Cmaj7] tunnel under [Gadd6] sea [Asus2] you never know if it cracks in half you're [Cmaj7] never ever gonna [Gadd6] see me
[Chorus] [D] but you can have it [C] all if you [G-riff1] like [D] you can have it [C] all if you [G*] like and [G] you can pay for it the rest of your (stabs on i i i) [Asus2] li - i - i - i - [Cmaj7] ife...... [G-riff2] .............. [Asus2] li - i - i - i - [Cmaj7] ife...... [G-riff2] ..............
[Verse 2] [Asus2] i wouldn't believe your [Cmaj7] wireless radi [Gadd6] o [Asus2] if i had myself a flying giraffe you'd [Cmaj7] have one in a box with a [Gadd6] window
[Chorus] [D] but you can have it [C] all if you [G-riff1] like [D] you can have it [C] all if you [G] like and [G] you can pay for it the rest of your (stabs on i i i) [Asus2] li - i - i - i - [Cmaj7] ife...... [G-riff2] .............. [Asus2] li - i - i - i - [Cmaj7] ife...... [G-riff2] ..............
[Solo - see past notes] [D][C][G][G] x 2
[Middle Eight?] [Em] life in the [A] summer's on it's [Em] back ...you'd have to [A] agree that, that's the [Em] crack so take what you [A] want i'm not coming [G] back
[Chorus] [D] but you can have it [C] all if you [G-riff1] like [D] you can have it [C] all if you [G-riff1] like [D] you can have it [C] all if you [G-riff1] like [D] you can have it [C] all if you [G-riff1] like and [G] you can pay for it the rest of your (stabs on i i i) [Asus2] li - i - i - i - [Cmaj7] ife...... [G-riff2] .............. [Asus2] li - i - i - i - [Cmaj7] ife...... [G-riff2] .............. [Asus2] li - i - i - i - [Cmaj7] ife...... [G-riff2] .............. [Asus2] li - i - i - i - [Cmaj7] ife...... [G-riff2] ..............
[Fade out on Asus2 vamp]
[Extra notes] [Solo with chords] D C G D C G E 2-5-7-5-----3--------0----2-5-7-5-7-10--7--10-- B 3-3-5-5-7-5-3--3-2-3------3-3-5-5-5-12--x--12-- G 2-2-5-5-5-5-0-------------2-2-5-5-5-12--0--12-- D 0-0-5-5-5-5-0-------------0-0-5-5-5-12--0--12-- A ----3-3-3-3-x-----------------3-3-3-10--x--10-- E ------------3-----------------------x---3--x---
[G-riff1] there is also this happening as well - G G5 G/F# G/E G E 3--------0---- B 3--3-2-3------ G 0------------- D 0------------- A x------------- E 3--------------
[G-riff2] G E 3-------- B 3-------- G 0-------- D 0-------- A 2-32----- E ------3--