Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Open D, D A D F# A D
Song: Big yellow taxi
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Joni Mitchell
Album: Ladies of the canyon
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com) 6th Mar 2019
NOTE:
Original album version in Open D tuning:
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the original recorded key of E)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhxZ8ok3Z2o
Live versions in Open D tuning:
CAPO: 4th fret (Will then sound in the live key of F#)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJIuP7zEVeM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr__rRGWVgI
OPEN D TUNING: D-A-D-F#-A-D
De-tune 6th string DOWN to D
4th and 5th strings remain the same as standard tuning
De-tune 3rd string DOWN to F#
De-tune 2nd string DOWN to A
De-tune 1st string DOWN to D
NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest
and use the typed shapes shown below:
= 555555 = 000000 = 054300
= 575555 = 020100 = 044300
= 777777 = 030100 = x00100
= 797777
N.C. = No chord ^ = Emphasise the beats
A short slide up to the G and A barre chords adds more life to the rhythm.
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
They paved par
adise, put up
a parking lot,
With a pink ho
- tel, a bo
utique,
And a swingin'
------------..
.hot spot
!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
That you don't
/
know what you
've got 'til i
t's gone?
They paved par
a - dise,...
...put up a pa
rk - ing lot!
(Shoo-
------------,
bop, bop,
bop, bop!)
(Shoo---------
----, bop,
bop, bop,
bop!)
[Verse 2]
They took all
the trees, put
'em in a tree
mu -seum,
And they charg
ed the people.
..
...A dollar an
d a half just
to see 'em----
--------------
----!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
That you don't
/
know what you
've got 'til i
t's gone?
They paved par
a - dise,...
...put up a pa
rk - ing lot!
(Shoo-
------------,
bop, bop,
bop, bop!)
(Shoo---------
----, bop,
bop, bop,
bop!)
[Verse 3]
Hey, farmer, f
armer, put awa
y the D. D. T.
now,
Give me spots
on my apples,
But leave me t
he birds and t
he bees-------
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-, ...please--
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-----!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
That you don't
/
know what you
've got 'til i
t's gone?
They paved par
a - dise,...
...put up a pa
rk - ing lot!
(Shoo-
------------,
bop, bop,
bop, bop!)
(Shoo---------
----, bop,
bop, bop,
bop!)
[Verse 4]
Late last nigh
t, I heard the
screen door s
lam------,
And a big yell
ow taxi ...to
ok away my old
man----------
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!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
That you don't
/
know what you
've got 'til i
t's gone?
They paved par
a - dise,...
...put up a pa
rk - ing lot!
(Shoo-
------------,
bop, bop,
bop, bop!)
[Coda]
I said, don't
it always seem
to go...
That you don't
/
know what you
've got 'til i
t's gone?...
They paved par
a -dise,...put
up a park - i
ng lot!
(Shoo-------
----, bop, bo
p, bop, bop!)
They paved par
a -dise,...put
up a park - i
ng lot!
(Shoo------
-----, bop, b
op, bop, bop!)
They paved par
a -dise ,...pu
t up a park -
ing lot!
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Song: Big yellow taxi (Live in Open E tuning)
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Joni Mitchell
Live performance Wembley Arena, 24th April 1983
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com) 6th Mar 2019
Live version in Open E tuning-
www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=-FOqJq2GK_4
NOTE:
Same basic chord shapes as original album version, (which was in Open D tuning),
but this version requires no capo to sound in E and only 3 strings retuned from
standard tuning instead of 4 strings for the open D tuning.
The arrangement of the intro and coda are different to the original album version,
and there is an additional verse.
She varies the way she plays the original main riff, sometimes she skips the
progression on the 5th string and alternates between the open E and Aadd9/E instead,
so just take your own choice.
OPEN E TUNING: E-B-E-G#-B-E
6th string remains the same as standard tuning
Tune 5th string UP to B
Tune 4th string UP to E
Tune 3rd string UP to G#
1st and 2nd strings remain the same as standard tuning
NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically suggest
and use the typed shapes shown below:
= 000000 = 555555 = 777777 = 054300
= 020100 = 575555 = 797777 = 044300
= 030100
N.C. = No chords ^ = Emphasise the beats
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[Verse 1]
They paved par
a - dise, put
up a park -ing
lot,
With a pink ho
- tel, ...a
boutique,
And a swingin'
--------
...hot spot
!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
...You d
on't know what
you've got 't
il it's gone?
They paved par
a - dise, ..
.put up a park
- ing lot!
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^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
They took all
the trees, put
'em in a tree
mu -seum,
And they charg
ed all the peo
ple...
...A dollar an
d a half just
to see 'em!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
...You d
on't know what
you've got 't
il it's gone?
They paved par
a - dise, ...
put up a park
- ing lot!
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[Verse 3]
Hey, farmer, f
armer, ...pu
t away the D.
D. T. now,
Give me spots
on my apples,
But ...leave m
e the birds an
d the bees,
/
...please!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
...You d
on't know what
you've got 't
il it's gone?
They paved par
a - dise,
...put up a pa
rk - ing lot!
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[Verse 4]
Late last nigh
t, I heard tha
t screen door
slam,
And a big yell
ow tractor com
e and took dow
n my house,
Pushed a -
round--------
- my la
nd!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
You d
on't know what
you've got 't
il it's gone?
They paved par
a - dise,
...put up a p
ark - ing lot!
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[Verse 5]
Late last nigh
t, I heard tha
t screen door
slam a - gain,
And a big yell
ow taxi...come
and took away
my old man---
----------
...a -
gain!
[Chorus]
Don't it alway
s seem to go..
.
...You d
on't know what
you've got 't
il it's gone?
They paved par
a - dise, .
..put up a par
k - ing lot!
[Coda]
They paved par
a - dise,
...put up a p
ark - ing...
Oh, oo-oo, oo
, they come a
nd they put up
a parking lot
,
Oo---, oo-
oo-oo, they co
me and they pu
t up a parking
lot!
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