“Big Yellow Taxi” – Counting Crows

This is my take on the tab. I use multiple G styles because the song has certain accents that sound good when
replicated.

Chords:
G            320003 or 3X0003
G*           320013 or 3X0013
**          320033
        x32033
         200232


[Verse]

         
They paved par

          
adise and put 

              
up a parking l

           
ot
         
With a pink ho

          
tel, a boutiqu

              
e, and a swing

                        
in' hot spot

[Chorus]


Don't it alway

s seem to go
         
That you don't

 know what you

 got 'til it's

 gone
         
They paved par

          
adise and put 

              
up a parking l

           
ot


Ooooh, bop bop

 bop

Ooooh, bop bop

 bop

[Verse]

         
They took all 

              
the trees, and

              
 put em in a t

                            
ree museum
         
And they charg

              
ed the people 

              
a dollar and a

              
 half to see t

             
hem

No, no, no


[Chorus]


Don't it alway

s seem to go
         
That you don't

 know what you

 got 'til it's

 gone
         
They paved par

          
adise and put 

              
up a parking l

          
ot

Ooooh, bop bop

 bop

Ooooh, bop bop

 bop


[Verse]

         
Hey farmer, fa

              
rmer, put away

                     
 your DDT
             
I don't care a

      
bout spots on 

my apples
              
Leave me the b

             
irds and the b

   
ees

Please


[Chorus]


Don't it alway

s seem to go
         
That you don't

 know what you

 got 'til it's

 gone
         
They paved par

          
adise and put 

              
up a parking l

          
ot
              
Hey now, they 

         
paved paradise

          
 to put up a p

                  
arking lot
Why not?


Ooooh, bop bop

 bop

Ooooh, bop bop

 bop


[Solo]
    *  x3  



[Bridge]
              
Listen, late l

              
ast night, I h

              
eard the scree

      
n door slam
         
And a big yell

          
ow taxi took m

              
y girl away


[Chorus]


Don't it alway

s seem to go
         
That you don't

 know what you

 got 'til it's

 gone
         
They paved par

          
adise and put 

              
up a parking l

          
ot

      
Well, don't it

 always seem t

o go
         
That you don't

 know what you

 got 'til it's

 gone
         
They paved par

          
adise and put 

              
up a parking l

         
ot

Why not?

         
They paved par

          
adise and put 

              
up a parking l

       
ot

Hey hey hey
         
Paved paradise

          
 and put up a 

                
parking lot


Ooooh, bop bop

 bop

Ooooh, bop bop

 bop


[Bridge]


I don't wanna 

give it
Why you wanna give it
              
Why you wanna 

  
give it all aw

ay
Hey, hey, hey

Now you wanna 

give it
I should wanna give it
              
Now you wanna 


give it all aw

ay

I don't wanna 

give it
Why you wanna give it
              
Why you wanna 


give it all aw

ay

          
Hey, hey, givi


n it all,

          
givin it all..

                           
..away


[Outro]

              
Why do you wan

                                 
t me?
              
Why do you wan

    
t me?
         
They paved par

              
adise and put 

          
up a parking l

          
ot