Capo: 2 Tuning: D A D F# A D

BIG 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

They ^G* paved paradise and ^G* put up a parking ^D* lot With a ^G* pink hotel, a ^A* boutique and a ^D* swingin' hot spot

Chorus: Di D5/C# Don't it always seem to go

That you ^Dsus4/B don't know what you've got till it's ^D gone They ^G* paved paradise and ^A* put up a parking ^D* lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa Shoe ^D* pa pa pa pa)

They ^G* took all the trees, ^G* put 'em in a tree mu- ^D* seum And they ^G* charged the people a ^A* dollar and a half just ^D* to see 'em

Chorus: Di D5/C# Don't it always seem to go

That you ^Dsus4/B don't know what you've got till it's ^D gone They ^G* paved paradise and ^A* put up a parking ^D* lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa Shoe ^D* pa pa pa pa)

^G* Hey farmer farmer, ^G* put away that D.D.- ^D* T. now Give me ^G* spots on my apples but ^A* leave me the birds and the ^D* bees please

Chorus: Di D5/C# Don't it always seem to go

That you ^Dsus4/B don't know what you've got till it's ^D gone They ^G* paved paradise and ^A* put up a parking ^D* lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa Shoe ^D* pa pa pa pa)

^G* Late last night I ^G* heard the screendoor ^D* slam And a ^G* big yellow taxi ^A* took away my old ^D* man

Chorus: Di D5/C# Don't it always seem to go

That you ^Dsus4/B don't know what you've got till it's ^D gone They ^G* paved paradise and ^A* put up a parking ^D* lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa) Di D5/C# I said Don't it always seem to go That you ^Dsus4/B don't know what you've got till it's ^D gone / They ^G* paved paradise and ^A* put up a parking ^D* lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa) They ^G* paved paradise and ^A* put up a parking ^D* lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa) They ^G* paved paradise and ^A* put up a parking ^D* 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11MZgh_NYno