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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3BIG YELLOW TAXI - Joni Mitchell Open E tuning = open D tuning: (EADGBe = DADF#AD) + capo on 2nd (G*: play with G- and G6-chords end on a D before the A chord D*: play with D-, D6sus4-, C6sus2/D-chords A*: play with A- and A6-chords) Intro: G - G6 - G - G6 - G - D - A - A6 - A - A6 - A D - D6sus4 - C6sus2/D - D6sus4 3x D - D6sus4 - C6sus2/D - D G* G* D* They paved paradise and put up a parking lot G* A* D* With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot Chorus: Di D5/C# Don't it always seem to go Dsus4/B D That you don't know what you've got till it's gone G* A* D* They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa D* Shoe pa pa pa pa) G* G* D* They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree mu- seum G* A* D* And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em Chorus: Di D5/C# Don't it always seem to go Dsus4/B D That you don't know what you've got till it's gone G* A* D* They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa D* Shoe pa pa pa pa) G* G* D* Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.- T. now G* A* D* Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please Chorus: Di D5/C# Don't it always seem to go Dsus4/B D That you don't know what you've got till it's gone G* A* D* They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa D* Shoe pa pa pa pa) G* G* D* Late last night I heard the screendoor slam G* A* D* And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Chorus: Di D5/C# Don't it always seem to go Dsus4/B D That you don't know what you've got till it's gone G* A* D* They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa) Di D5/C# I said Don't it always seem to go Dsus4/B D That you don't know what you've got till it's gone / G* A* D* They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa) G* A* D* They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa) G* A* D* They paved paradise and put up a parking lot // G 555555 G6 575575 A 777777 A6 797797 D 000000 D6sus4 020100 C6sus2/D 030100 Di x5430x D5/C# x4030x Dsus4/B x2010x http://-.-/watch?ds49a11MZgh_NYno