xBig Yellow Taxi: words and music by Joni Mitchell
(original, 1970).
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1.They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,
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With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot.
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CHORUS:Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what
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you've got 'till it's gone. They paved paradise and
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put up a parking lot.
2.They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum,
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half
just to see 'em.
CHORUS:
3.Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT, now.
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the
bees. Please!
CHORUS:
4.Late last night I heard the screen door slam,
And a big yellow taxi came and took away my old man.
CHORUS:
The chords for the verses are the same and so it is for
the chorus.
Mitchell adds this at the end of the song:
F/F6/F7/F6 F F6 F F6
Woo..........Pa.....pa.....pa.....pa..... (x5) then the
chorus is repeated with one more Woo
pa.....pa.....pa.....pa... to finish.
A blast from the past from Kraziekhat!
