[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
[Verse 1 - Guitar in] [G] Maybe I don't re [D] ally want to know How your [Am] garden grows As [C] I just want t [D] o fly [G] Lately did you e [D] ver feel the pain In the mo [Am] rning rain As [C] it soaks you to the [D] bone
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] [Em] Maybe I just want to [D] fly Wanna live, I don't want to [Am] die Maybe I just want to [C] breathe Maybe [D] I just don't [Em] believe Maybe you're the same a [D] s me We see things they'll never [Am] see You and I, we're gonna live [Fadd9] forever
[Verse 2] I said m [G] aybe I don't r [D] eally wanna know How your garden [Am] grows Cause [C] I just want to [D] fly [G] Lately did you ever f [D] eel the pain In the morning r [Am] ain As it [C] soaks you to th [D] e bone
[Chorus 2] [Em] Maybe I will never [D] be All the things that I wann [Am] a be Now is not the time to [C] cry Now's the [D] time to find out [Em] why I think you're the same as [D] me We see things they'll neve [Am] r see You and I are gonna live f [Fadd9] orever
[Solo] G D Am C D x2 Em D Am C D Em D Am Fadd9
[Verse 1 - No drums] [G] Maybe I don't re [D] ally want to know How your [Am] garden grows As [C] I just want t [D] o fly (full drums) [G] Lately did you e [D] ver feel the pain In the mo [Am] rning rain As [C] it soaks you to the [D] bone
[Chorus 1] [Em] Maybe I just want to [D] fly Wanna live, I don't want to [Am] die Maybe I just wanna to [C] breathe Maybe [D] I just don't [Em] believe Maybe you're the same a [D] s me We see things they'll never [Am] see You and I, we're gonna live [FMaj7] forever [Am]
[Outro] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am] We're gonna [Fmaj7] live forever [Am] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am]
