Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi guitar tab

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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 14:20:59 +0100

From: spxhaw@astronomy.cardiff.ac.uk (Howard Wright)

Subject: m/joni_mitchell/big_yellow_taxi.crd

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BIG YELLOW TAXI - Joni Mitchell

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from the album 'Ladies of the Canyon', 1970

Originally sent by Harlan Thompson

Corrections/additions by Howard Wright (H.Wright@astro.cf.ac.uk)

TUNING: E B E G# B E

(You might also need a capo on the 3rd fret - I'm not sure)

All chord shapes given at the end.

Intro :

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A A6 A A6 A B B6 B B6 B

E A/E E7 A/E E A/E E7 A/E E etc

Verse :

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A A6 A E A/E E7 A/E E

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

A A6 B B6 E

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

CHORUS:

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E5 Emaj7

Don't it always seem to go

A/E E

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

A A6 B B6 E

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

E A/E E7 A/E E A/E E7 A/E E

(Choo bop bop bop bop, choo bop bop bop bop)

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

And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em

CHORUS

Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now

Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees

please

CHORUS

Late last night I heard the screen door slam

And a big yellow taxi took away my old man

CHORUS TWICE (with only one chooo bop... at each end)

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (choo bop bop bop bop)

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Chord Shapes :

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E A B A/E E7 A6 B6 E5 Emaj7

E --0----5----7----0---0------5----7-----0----0---------------------

B --0----5----7----0---0------5----7-----0----0---------------------

G# --0----5----7----1---3------5----7-----3----3--------------------

E --0----5----7----0---0------5----7-----0----0-----------------

B --0----5----7----2---3------7----9-----5----4----------------

E --0----5----7----0---0------5----7-----0----0----------------

On the first two lines of the chorus and

frequently on the verse, it is better to somewhat muffle the chords so

that the rhythm can be heard but the actual notes barely heard. Also,

the song can be played in regular tuning with the same chords, but I

think it sounds much better this way (and this is what J.M. actually does).

Also, please post if you know any J.M. songs in their actual

tuning. I hear that of all her guitar songs, she only did around

two of them in standard tuning!

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