Big yellow taxi: Lennon and Maisy
[Verse 1]
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Mmm ma ma ma ma ma
G D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G D
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
D
Don't it always seem to go
G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
G A D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
[Verse 2]
G D
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
G D
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
D
Don't it always seem to go
G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
G A
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
D
mmmmm ma ma ma ma ma (x2)
[Verse 3]
G D
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
G
Give me spots on my apples
D
Leave me the birds and the bees, Please
D
Don't it always seem to go
G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
G A D
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
D
mmmm ma ma ma ma ma (x2)
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
G D
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
G D
And a big yellow taxi took my ole' man
D
Don't it always seem to go
G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
G A
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot