“Big Yellow Taxi” – Counting Crows

This is my first tab, so constructive criticism is always nice. This piece is fairly 
and anyone (assuming you know how to pick up a guitar) should know how to play this. No 
if you can’t.
The rhythm is simple, and you'll catch onto it fast.

Tabbed by: captain_crunch8

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe), Capo 1st Fret

Chords:

G               -  320033
      -  
D/F#         -


  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
[ – ] x3   (let ring)

									
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


 –  (fade out)


Enjoy