big yellow taxi
Counting Crows
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[Refrão]
G
Don't it always seem to go
Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9 D/F# G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
[Próxima Parte]
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9 G
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
Cadd9 G
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no
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[Próxima Parte]
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9 G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples
G
Leave me the birds and the bees
Please
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[Próxima Parte]
Cadd9 D/F# G
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
[Solo]
[Cadd9 - G] x3 Cadd9 (let ring)
G
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
Cadd9 D/F# G
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
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[Próxima Parte]
G
Well, don't it always seem to go
Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9 D/F# G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Why not?
Cadd9 D/F# G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey
Cadd9 D/F# G
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
G
Why you wanna giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Cadd9
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
G
Now you wanna giving it all away
Cadd9
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
G
Why you wanna giving it all away
Cadd9
Hey, hey, givin it all,
D/F# G Cadd9
givin it all....away
G Cadd9
Why do you want me?
G
Why do you want me?
Cadd9 D/F# G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Cadd9 G
(fade out)
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Detected progression: G → Cadd9 → Cadd9 → D/F# → G → G → Cadd9 → Cadd9
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