Big Yellow Taxi chords and lyrics
Free chords for Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
BIG YELLOW TAXI - Joni Mitchell
Open E tuning = open D tuning: (EADGBe = DADF#AD) + capo on 2nd
(G*: play with G- and G6-chords end on a D before the A chord
D*: play with D-, D6sus4-, C6sus2/D-chords
A*: play with A- and A6-chords)
Intro:
D - D6sus4 - C6sus2/D - D
G* G* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G* A* D*
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot
Chorus:
Di D5/C#
Don't it always seem to go
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* G* D*
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree mu- seum
G* A* D*
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
Chorus:
Di D5/C#
Don't it always seem to go
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* G* D*
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.- T. now
G* A* D*
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please
Chorus:
Di D5/C#
Don't it always seem to go
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* G* D*
Late last night I heard the screendoor slam
G* A* D*
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
Chorus:Big Yellow Taxi Chords by Joni Mitchell
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