[Verse 1] [D/A] Fre-- [C][D] ezin', [D/A] rests his [C] head on a [D] pillow made of [D/A] concrete [C] , [D] again [D/A] Oh, Fee- [C] -lin [D] ' [D/A] maybe he'll [C] see a little [D] better set a [D/A] days, [C] ooh [D] yeah [D/A] Oh, haaa [C] aaan [D] d out, [D/A] faces that he [C] sees time a [D] gain ain't that fa [D/A] miliar, [C] ooh [D] yeah [D/A] Oh, daaa [C] aaar [D] k grin, [D/A] he can't help, [C] when he's [D] happy looks in [D/A] sane, o [C] h ye [D] ah
[Chorus 1] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh... Oh, s [D] omeday y [Bb] et, he'll begin his l [D] ife [C] again [Dsus2] life a-- [C] gain [Dsus2] life a-- [C] gain...
[Verse 2] [D/A] Kne--e l [C] in', [D] [D/A] looking through the [C] paper though he [D] doesn't know to [D/A] read, [C][D] ooh yeah [D/A] Oh, pra- [C] -yin [D] ', [D/A] now to something [C] that has never [D] showed him any [D/A] thing [C][D] [D/A] Oh, fee- [C] -lin [D] ', [D/A] understands the [C] weather of the [D] winters on its [D/A] way [C][D] [D/A] Oh, cei- [C] -lin [D] gs, [D/A] few and far be [C] tween all the [D] legal halls of [D/A] shame, [C] yeah [D] ...
[Chorus 2 - Can play Bb with low D if want to make bigger] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh.. [D] Oh, some [Bb] day yet, he'll begin his [D] life [C] again Oh, w [D] hispering h [Bb] ands, gently lead, lead him away [D] ... [C] [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way, [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way... [Dsus2][C] Yeah!
[Solo] C D
[Chorus 2] [D] Even [Bb] flow, thoughts arrive like [D] butter [C] flies Oh, [D] he don't [Bb] know, so he chases them [D] away, [C] yeah...ooh.. [D] Oh, some [Bb] day yet, he'll begin his [D] life [C] again Oh, w [D] hispering h [Bb] ands, gently lead, lead him away [D] ... [C] [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way, [Dsus2] him a-- [C] way... [Dsus2][C] Yeah!
[Intro and main riff] G1 e-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------| B-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------| G-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------| D-----|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-------| A-----|-------3p0-0-5-----------------|-------3--0-5-----------------|-------| E-15\-|-/7--7-------0----0-0--6-5-3-0-|-/7--7------0----0-0--6-5-3-0-|-------|
[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
