Big Yellow Taxi
Amy Grant
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Tom: Eate: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 19:14:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Riess
BIG YELLOW TAXI - by Joni Mitchell
Transcribed by Joe Riess (*).
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 Esus4 E Esus4
[Verso 1]
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
E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 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:
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