Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi guitar chord

Standard Tuning

Intro

G#

C# G#

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

C# G#

With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

G#

Don't it always seem to go

C#

That you don't know what you got till it's gone

C# D# - G#

They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot

C# G#

They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum

C# G#

And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them

G#

No, no, no, don't it always seem to go

C#

That you don't know what you've got till it's gone

C# D# - G#

They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot

(repeat chords)

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

I don't care about spots on my apples,

Leave me the birds and the bees - please

Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you got till it's gone

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Why not?

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing,

And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

Now don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you got till it's gone

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey now now, don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you got till it's gone

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Why not, they paved paradise

They put up a parking lot

Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot

D# - G#

I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

Why you wanna givin it all away

Hey, hey, hey

Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

Cuz you're givin it all away, no no

D# - G#

I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

Why you wanna givin it all away

Cuz you're givin it all givin it all away yeah yeah

Cuz You're givin it all away hey, hey, hey

Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot

la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la

Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot

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Day Cody

Lyceum Northwestern University

BS Computer Engineering