Amy Grant - Big Yellow Taxi (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Amy Grant - Big Yellow Taxi First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Amy Grant. Other chords and tabs for the "Big Yellow Taxi" can find at the bottom of the page.

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BIG YELLOW TAXI - by Joni Mitchell


E       022100
Emaj7   021100
Esus4   022200
E(no 3) 022400
A       002220
Asus4   002230
A/C#    04222x
B/D#    06444x
B       224442
Bsus    224452

Intro:

E   Emaj7   A/C#    B/D#
E   Emaj7   A/C#    B/D#
E Esus4 E   E Esus4 E Esus4 E
E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E

First verse:

A     Asus4       A       Asus4   E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
Esus4 E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
A   Asus4      B    Bsus      E
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot

Chorus:

E             Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
A/C#                           B/D#  E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
A     Asus4       B        Bsus    E
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: