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Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3

            This version of the song has appeared elsewhere on the internet, I've just posted it 
here so the correct version as the artist plays it is on UG.

I play it in open D tuning with a Capo on 2. Muffling the bar A and B chords in the 
intro and first verse help give the rhythm to the song. Listen to the song and you'll figure 
it out :)

[Chord Shapes] All chords relative to capo
      E    A    B  Aadd2/E   E7sus4   A6    B6   E5   Emaj7
D |---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|
A |---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|
F#|---0----5----7----1----------1------5----7-----3----3---------------|
D |---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|
A |---0----5----7----2----------3------7----9-----5----4---------------|
D |---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|

[Intro]
A  A6  A  A6  A  B  B6  B  B6  B
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E  Aadd2/E  E  Aadd2/E
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E  Aadd2/E  E

[Verse]
       A         A6      A               E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
E  Aadd2/E  E
         A    A6        B            B6
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin'
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E  Aadd2/E  E
 hot         spot

[Chorus]
 E5             Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
          Aadd2/E                              E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
       A        A6       B        B6       E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
(Shoo                         bop bop bop bop
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
Shoo                        bop bop bop bop)

[Verse 2]
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em

[Chorus]
 E5             Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
          Aadd2/E                              E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
       A        A6       B        B6       E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
(Shoo                         bop bop bop bop
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
Shoo                        bop bop bop bop)

[Verse 3]
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees
please

[Chorus]
 E5             Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
          Aadd2/E                              E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
       A        A6       B        B6       E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
(Shoo                         bop bop bop bop
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
Shoo                        bop bop bop bop)

[Verse 4]
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man

[Chorus]
 E5             Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
          Aadd2/E                              E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
       A        A6       B        B6       E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
(Shoo                         bop bop bop bop
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
Shoo                        bop bop bop bop)

 E5             Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
          Aadd2/E                              E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
       A        A6       B        B6       E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
(Shoo                         bop bop bop bop
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
Shoo                        bop bop bop bop)

[Outro]
       A        A6       B        B6      E
They paved paradise,   put up a parking lot
E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E
(Shoo                         bop bop bop bop
       A        A6       B        B6    E
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

E  Aadd2/E  E7sus4  Aadd2/E  E  Aadd2/E  E 
        

We also have 23 songs by Joni Mitchell

• A Case Of You
• All I Want
• Amelia
• Big Yellow Taxi
• Blue
• Both Sides Now
• Cactus Tree
• California
• Carey
• Chelsea Morning
• Court And Spark
• Coyote
• Free Man In Paris
• Help Me
• Little Green
• My Old Man
• Peoples Parties
• River
• The Circle Game
• Twisted
• Urge For Going
• Woodstock
• You Turn Me On Im A Radio

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