Big Yellow Taxi
1970 — Joni Mitchell
Key: D (D-DUDU-D-)
Version 1 (2018-09-01)
 
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They paved paradise and put up a parking  
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lot  
 
 
With a  
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pink hotel, a  
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boutique and a  
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swingin' hot spot  
 
 
 
 
 
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Don't it always  
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seem to go  
 
 
 
That you  
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don't know what you've got till it's  
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gone  
 
 
 
They  
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paved paradise and  
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put up a parking  
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lot  
 
 
 
 
 
 
They  
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took all the trees, put 'em in a tree mus 
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eum  
 
 
And they  
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charged the people a  
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dollar and a half just to  
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see 'em  
 
 
 
 
 
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Don't it always  
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seem to go  
 
 
 
That you  
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don't know what you've got till it's  
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gone  
 
 
 
They  
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paved paradise and  
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put up a parking  
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lot  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hey  
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farmer farmer, put away that D.D. 
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T. now  
 
 
Give me  
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spots on my apples but  
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leave me the birds and the  
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bees  
 
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please  
 
 
 
 
 
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Don't it always  
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seem to go  
 
 
 
That you  
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don't know what you've got till it's  
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gone  
 
 
 
They  
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paved paradise and  
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put up a parking  
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lot  
 
 
 
 
 
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Late last night I heard the screen door  
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slam  
 
 
And a  
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big yellow taxi  
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took away my old  
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man  
 
 
 
 
 
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Don't it always  
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seem to go  
 
 
 
That you  
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don't know what you've got till it's  
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gone  
 
 
 
They  
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paved paradise and  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot  
 
 
D 
Don't it always  
A 
seem to go  
 
 
 
That you  
G 
don't know what you've got till it's  
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gone  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
They  
G 
paved paradise and  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot  
 
 
 
They  
G 
paved paradise and  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot  
 
 
 
They  
G 
paved paradise and  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot