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    The song laments the paving over of a natural paradise to make way for development like a parking lot, pink hotel, and boutique. It describes trees being put in a museum while people pay to see them. The farmer is told to stop using DDT pesticide to protect birds and bees. In the end, a taxi takes away the singer's old man late at night. The overall message is that you don't realize what you had until it's gone.

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    The song laments the paving over of a natural paradise to make way for development like a parking lot, pink hotel, and boutique. It describes trees being put in a museum while people pay to see them. The farmer is told to stop using DDT pesticide to protect birds and bees. In the end, a taxi takes away the singer's old man late at night. The overall message is that you don't realize what you had until it's gone.

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    Big Yellow Taxi Songsheet

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    Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi

    Capo Fret 2
    Intro: | G | G | A | A |
    | D | D | D | D |

    G D
    They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
    G A D
    With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot
    D Dmaj7
    Don't it always seem to go
    G A 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 and put them in a tree museum
    G A D
    And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
    D Dmaj7
    Don't it always seem to go
    G A 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 D.D.T. now
    G A D
    Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees
    D Dmaj7
    Don't it always seem to go
    G A 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
    D Dmaj7
    Don't it always seem to go
    G A 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

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