Big Yellow Taxi
Green Day
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Tom : A
Intro D , E , A
B5 A
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
B5 A
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot...
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A E5
Don't it always seem to go
G5 D5
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone? } Refrão
B5 D5
A /
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. /
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B5 A
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum
B5 A
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em...
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B5 A
Hey farmer farmer put away that DDT now.
B5 A
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
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B A
Late last night I heard a screen door slam,
B A
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man...
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B5 D5 A
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
B5 D5 A
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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