Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell 

 


Lead in:  11 measures...

RRRr   6      -6   7 7 -8  r 6     -6 -6 7  -8  7   5---->
|     They | paved paradise  and | put up a parking lot. |
-> RRR   RRR   6  6    -6   7 -8 r6    -6  -8 RR -8 -8
|      |     With a | pink hotel, a | boutique  and a |
    8  -8   7    7     RRRR     9    9  9  8   -9---> 8  9 R  7   7
| swingin' hot spot. |      | Don't it always seem | to go, that you |
    -9    8   -8     7    -9-->  -6  7     5  r  6
| don't know what you've got | 'til it's gone. They |
    -6   7 7 -8 r 6      6   -8 -8 8  -8  7     7  RRR   RRRR   RRRR
| paved paradise and | they put up a parking | lot.    |      |      |

 RRRr   6     -6   7   7    -8 r 6     -6  -6 7  -8   7 5-----> RRR
|     They | took all the trees and | put 'em a tree museum. |      |
 RRR 6    6       -6    7   -8 R 6     6 -8 RR -8 -8     8  -8  7    7   RRRR
|   And they | charged all the  peo | ple a   dollar | half to see 'em. |     |
    9    9  9  9   -9     8  9 R  7   7      -9    8   -8    7     -6-->
| Don't it always seem | to go  that you | don't know what you've got |
->  -6   7    5  r  6      -6   7 7 -8 r 6      6   -8 -8 8  -8  7     7  RRR
| 'til it's gone. They | paved paradise and | they put up a parking | lot.   |

| RRRR | RRRR | RRRR |
   -6   7 7   7  7  R   -6 -6 7  7  -8 7 5--> 5 RRR   RRRR
| Hey farmer farmer, | put away the D  D T | now.   |      |
   -6   7   7    7  7  7 -8 r 6      6    6  6    8    -8  7      7
| Give me spots on my apples but | leave me the birds and the | bees. |
  10 -10 9      9    9  9  8   -9     8  9 R   7   7      -9    8   -8    7     -6-->
| Pl eas e! | don't it always seem | to go   that you | don't know what you've got |
->  -6   7    5  r  6      -6   7 7 -8 r 6      6   -8 -8 8  -8  7   7 RRR
| 'til it's gone. They | paved paradise and | they put up a parking lot.  |
 RRr 6 6 6     -6   7 7 -8 R 6      6   -8 -8 8 -8 7   -8  7    7
|    T hey | paved paradise and | they put up a pa r | kin g | lot. |

 (10 measure instrumental)

     9    9  9  8   -9---> 8  9 R 7   7      -9    8   -8   7   -6-->  -6   7    5 r   6
| Don't it always seem | to go that you | don't know what you got | 'til it's gone. They |
    -6   7 7 -8 r 6     6    -8 -8 8  -8  7     7 RR  RRRR
| paved paradise and | they put up a parking | lot. |      |
 
   -6   7 7 7 -8 R  -6   -6   7    7   -8 7  5--> 5 RRR   RRRR    -6  7  7  7 -8 r  6
| Late last night. | I heard my screen door sl | am.    |      | Big yellow taxi  took |
  6  6 8 -8  7     7
| away m  y old | man. 
  10 -10 9      9    9  9  8   -9     8  9 R  7   7      -9    8   -8    7     -6-->
| Pl eas e, | don't it always seem | to go  that you | don't know what you've got |
->  -6   7    5 r   6      -6   7 7 -8 r 6      6   -8 -8 8  -8  7     7 RRR   RRRR
| 'til it's gone. They | paved paradise and | they put up a parking | lot.   |      |
    9    9  9  8  -9   -9  8  9 R   7   7      -9    8   -8     7    -6---> -6   7    5
| Don't it always se | em to go   that you | don't know what you've got | 'til it's gone.  They |
    6    7 7 -8 r 6      6   -8 -8 8  -8  7     7 RRR   r 8 -8 -8 7 7 7     -6   7 7 -8 r 6
| paved paradise and | they put up a parking | lot.   |                 | paved paradise and
    6   -8 -8 8  -8  7     7  RRr 8   -8 7 7 R r  6      6   -8 -8 7  -8  7     7
| they put up a parking | lot.      |            and | they put up a parking | lot. |

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