Big Yellow Taxi

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 D A Don't it always seem to go G 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 G D They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum G A D And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em D A Don't it always seem to go G 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 G D Hey farmer farmer, put away that DDT. now G A D Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees D please D A Don't it always seem to go G 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 G D Late last night I heard the screen door slam G A D And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Chorus 4 D A Don't it always seem to go G 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 2x D G A D Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot D G A D I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot