BIG YELLOW TAXI
Joni Mitchell



TUNING: E B E G# B E     (you might also need a capo on the 3rd fret)



INTRO:
A  A6  A  A6  A  B  B6  B  B6  B 
E  A/E  E7  A/E  E  A/E E7  A/E  E   (etc)

VERSE:
       A         A6      A               E     A/E  E7  A/E  E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
         A    A6        B            B6        E
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot

CHORUS:
 E5             Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
          A/E                                   E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
       A        A6       B        B6       E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 E  A/E E7  A/E  E                   A/E  E7  A/E E
(Choo           bop bop bop bop, choo           bop bop bop bop)

VERSE:
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em

[CHORUS]

VERSE:
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please

[CHORUS]

VERSE:
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man

[CHORUS] (twice with only one chooo bop... at each end)



CHORDS:
     E    A    B   A/E  E7    A6    B6   E5   Emaj7
E  --0----5----7----0---0------5----7-----0----0----
B  --0----5----7----0---0------5----7-----0----0----
G# --0----5----7----1---3------5----7-----3----3----
E  --0----5----7----0---0------5----7-----0----0----
B  --0----5----7----2---3------7----9-----5----4----
E  --0----5----7----0---0------5----7-----0----0----