Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows

Version 2 of 6
Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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It’s a pretty easy tune too play, be careful with the strumming patterns. Great song 
fun.


Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) Capo 1st Fret

Chords:

       -  320033
    -  x32033
       -  200233


         
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


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

         
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


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

         
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


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
[Cadd9 – G6] x3  Cadd9 (ring)

Bridge

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p0-2/4-7-7-7-7
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p0-0----------
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0-------0-0-0-
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2p0-2/4-7-7-7-
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0-0-0-0--|
0-0-0-0--|
7-5-4-4--|
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-2-----0-----0
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Listen, late l

ast night, I h

eard the scree

n door slam

         
And a big yell

            
ow taxi took m

               
y girl away


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


I don't wanna 

give it

Why you wanna give it

              
Why you wanna 

          
giving it all 

away

Hey, hey, hey


Now you wanna 

give it

I should wanna give it

              
Now you wanna 

          
giving it all 

away


I don't wanna 

give it

Why you wanna give it

              
Why you wanna 

          
giving it all 

away

              
Hey, hey, givi

  
n it all,

            
givin it all..

                                
..away

              
Why do you wan

                                
t me?

              
Why do you wan

    
t me?

         
They paved par

              
adise and put 

            
up a parking l

           
ot


Cadd9 – G6 (fade out)

That’s it, great song and fun to play.

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