Counting Crows — Big Yellow Taxi (ver 4) Chords

Counting Crows — Big Yellow Taxi

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe), Capo 1st Fret

Chords:

G          —  320033
Cadd9      —  x32033
D/F#       —  200233


Intro

Cadd9    G

     Cadd9	        D/F#	   	  G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

       Cadd9	     D/F#   		      G
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

G               D/F#
Don't it always seem to go

	 Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9	        D/F#   	         G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

     Cadd9		     D/F#	       G
They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum

         Cadd9		      D/F#           	       G
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them

No, no, no

G               D/F#
Don't it always seem to go

	 Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9	        D/F#   	         G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

    Cadd9	    D/F#            G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

	           Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples

D/F#			   G
Leave me the birds and the bees

Please

G               D/F#
Don't it always seem to go

	 Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9	        D/F#   	         G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

		      Cadd9     D/F#		 G
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Why not?

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Solo
[Cadd9 — G] x3  Cadd9   D/F#  Cadd9 (let ring)

						 G
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam

      Cadd9	      D/F#	    G
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

    G               D/F#
Now don't it always seem to go

	 Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9	        D/F#   	         G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey, now, now

G               D/F#
Don't it always seem to go

	 Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9	        D/F#   	         G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Why not?

     Cadd9		D/F#	   	 G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey hey hey

Cadd9		   D/F#	   	    G
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

	      G
Why you wanna giving it all away

Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9
Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

	G
Just to giving it all away

Now, now

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

	      G
Why you wanna giving it all away

	     Cadd9
Girl, you're giving it all,

D/F#	          G			Cadd9
giving it all....away

           G				Cadd9
Why do you want me?

	   G                            Cadd9           
Why do you want me?

G
la la la la la la la la la la la la

     Cadd9	       D/F#	   	G
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot


Cadd9 — G (fade out)