Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell in E, Counting Crows in G#
This arrangement is somewhere in between, I play in G
Highest note is the 1 if you do the high “farmer farmer”
Can play D/F# as D11
CD/F#GGx2
Vox in on the 3 of the chord on “paved”
They Cpaved paradise and D/F#put up a parking lotG
With a Cadd9pink hotel, a D/F#boutique, and a swingin’ hot spotG
GDon’t it always G9seem to go
That you don’Cadd9t know G/Bwhat you Am7got till it’s gone
They Cpaved paradise and pDut up a parking lotG
GCadd9Cadd9G
They Cadd9took all the trees, and D/F#put ‘em in a tree museumG
And they Cadd9charged the people a D/F#dollar and a half to see themG
No, no, no
GDon’t it always G9seem to go
That you don’Cadd9t know G/Bwhat you Am7got till it’s gone
They Cpaved paradise and pDut up a parking lotG
Hey farCadd9mer, farmer, put away your DDTG
I don’t care about Cadd9spots on my apples
D11Leave me the birds and the beesGplease
GDon’t it always G9seem to go
That you don’Cadd9t know G/Bwhat you Am7got till it’s gone
They Cpaved paradise and pDut up a parking lotG
Hey now they Cpaved paradise and pDut up a parking lotG
CD/F#GGx2
Let ring
Listen, Cadd9late last night, I D/F#heard a screen doorGslam
And a biCadd9g yellow taxi toD/F#ok my girl awayG
Now Gdon’t it always G9seem to go
That you don’Cadd9t know G/Bwhat you Am7got till it’s gone
They Cadd9paved paradise and pDut up a parking lotG
Hey now now Gdon’t it always G9seem to go
That you don’Cadd9t know G/Bwhat you Am7got till it’s gone
They Cpaved paradise and pDut up a parking lotG
Why now they Cpaved paradise and pDut up a parking lotG
Hey hey hey Cpaved paradise and pDut up a parking lotG
I end here, but I’m writing out the rest of the Counting
Crows arrangement.
GCD/F#G
Cadd9I don’t wanna give it, why you wanna give it?
Why you wanna Ggiving it all away? Hey, hey, hey
Cadd9Now you wanna give it, oh she wanna give it
‘Cause she Ggiving it all away no no
Cadd9I don’t wanna give it, why you wanna give it?
Why you wanna Ggiving it all away?
Cadd9Giving it all
D/F#Giving it all aGway
Am7Cadd9Why you Gwant me?
Am7Cadd9Why do you Gwant me?
They Cpaved paradise and Dput up a parking lotG
Repeat to fade