Big Yellow Taxi

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[Verse 1]
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They paved paradise and put up a 
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parking lot
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with a pink hotel, a boutique and 
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a swingin' hot spot.

[Chorus]
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Don't it always seem to go
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that you don't know what you've got
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 till it's gone.
     G                  A      
They paved paradise and put up a 
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parking lot.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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They took all the trees, put 'em in
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 a tree museum
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and they charged the people a 
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dollar and a half just to see 'em.

[Chorus]
Continues after the ad
D               Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
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that you don't know what you've got
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 till it's gone.
     G                  A      
They paved paradise and put up a 
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parking lot.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Hey farmer, farmer, put away that 
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D.D.T. now,
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give me spots on my apples but 
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leave me the birds and the bees, 
please.

[Chorus 3]
D               Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
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that you don't know what you've got
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 till it's gone.
     G                  A      
They paved paradise and put up a 
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parking lot.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Late last night I heard the screen
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 door slam
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and a big yellow taxi took away my
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 old man

[Chorus]
D               Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         G/D                       
that you don't know what you've got
           D
 till it's gone.
     G                  A      
They paved paradise and put up a 
          D     D
parking lot.

D               Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         G/D                       
that you don't know what you've got
           D
 till it's gone.
     G                  A      
They paved paradise and put up a 
          D
parking lot.

[Other]
D         G               A     
Yeah they paved paradise, put up
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 a parking lot
D           G               A   
I said they paved paradise, put 
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up a parking lot