Big Yellow Taxi

BIG YELLOW TAXI - by Joni Mitchell

>From Amy Grant's "House of Love" album.

Transcribed by Joe Riess (jriess@ddt.eng.uc.edu).

E 022100

Emaj7 021100

Esus4 022200

E(no 3) 022400

A 002220

Asus4 002230

 

B 224442

Bsus 224452

 

 

E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E

First verse:

A Asus4 A Asus4 E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot

Don't it always seem to go

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

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E

(Shoo bop bop bop bop Shoo bop bop bop)

Second verse:

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

And they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em

Repeat chorus:

Third verse:

Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now

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

Repeat chorus twice:

Fourth verse:

Late last night I heard the screen door slam

And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man

Repeat chorus twice: