{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":575075,"song":"Big Yellow Taxi","artist":"Counting Crows","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11570249-big-yellow-taxi-chords-by-counting-crows/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/575075?type=chord","rating":4.7141,"votes":616,"content":"“Big Yellow Taxi” – Counting Crows\r\n\r\nThis is my take on the tab. I use multiple G styles because the song has certain accents that sound good when\r\nreplicated.\r\n\r\nChords:\r\nG            320003 or 3X0003\r\nG*           320013 or 3X0013\r\n[ch]G[/ch]**          320033\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]        x32033\r\n[ch]D/F#[/ch]         200232\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]**\r\nDon't it always seem to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOoooh, bop bop bop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nOoooh, bop bop bop[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                                                             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nAnd they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo, no, no[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]**\r\nDon't it always seem to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOoooh, bop bop bop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nOoooh, bop bop bop[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI don't care about spots on my apples[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nLeave me the birds and the bees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]**\r\nDon't it always seem to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\nWhy not?\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOoooh, bop bop bop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nOoooh, bop bop bop[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]* [ch]G[/ch] x3  \r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]G[/ch]**\r\nListen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]**\r\nAnd a big yellow taxi took my girl away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]**\r\nDon't it always seem to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, don't it always seem to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThat you don't know what you got 'til it's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy not?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey hey hey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]*\r\nPaved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOoooh, bop bop bop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nOoooh, bop bop bop[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI don't wanna give it[/tab]\r\nWhy you wanna give it\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy you wanna give it all away[/tab]\r\nHey, hey, hey\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nNow you wanna give it[/tab]\r\nI should wanna give it\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow you wanna give it all away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI don't wanna give it[/tab]\r\nWhy you wanna give it\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy you wanna give it all away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nHey, hey, givin it all,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\ngivin it all....away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nWhy do you want me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you want me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                         [ch]D/F#[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey paved paradise and put up a parking lot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"“Big Yellow Taxi” – Counting Crows\n\nThis is my take on the tab. I use multiple G styles because the song has certain accents that sound good when\nreplicated.\n\nChords:\nG            320003 or 3X0003\nG*           320013 or 3X0013\nG**          320033\nCadd9        x32033\nD/F#         200232\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy not?\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nCadd9   G G* G x3  \nCadd9\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\nWhy you wanna give it\n\nHey, hey, hey\n\nI should wanna give it\n\n\nWhy you wanna give it\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\nCadd9   G","chords":["G","Cadd9","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}