BIG YELLOW TAXI- Joni Mitchell

TUNING: E B E G# B E

AA Piano Chord 
  AsusAsus Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
 AsusAsus Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 
 BsusBsus Piano Chord 
 BB Piano Chord 
 BsusBsus Piano Chord 
 BB Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
 EsusEsus Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
 EsusEsus Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 

AA Piano Chord 
                             EE Piano Chord 
     EsusEsus Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 
  EsusEsus Piano Chord 
  EE Piano Chord 

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
AA Piano Chord 
              BB Piano Chord 
                     EE Piano Chord 

With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot

CHORUS:
EE Piano Chord 

Don't it always seem to go
A                                     (n.c.)
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
AA Piano Chord 
                 BB Piano Chord 
                EE Piano Chord 

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
EsusEsus Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
  EsusEsus Piano Chord 
        EE Piano Chord 
      EsusEsus Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
  EsusEsus Piano Chord 
        EE Piano Chord 

(Choo     bop bop bop bop, choo     bop bop bop bop)

They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
CHORUS

Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees
please
CHORUS

Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
CHORUS TWICE (with only one chooo bop... at each end)

They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (choo bop bop bop bop)
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

EE Piano Chord 
    AA Piano Chord 
    BB Piano Chord 
   EsusEsus Piano Chord 
 AsusAsus Piano Chord 
 BsusBsus Piano Chord 

EE Piano Chord 
  --0----5----7----0----5----7-----
BB Piano Chord 
  --0----5----7----0----5----7-----
G#G# Piano Chord 
 --0----5----7----1----6----8-----
EE Piano Chord 
  --0----5----7----0----5----7-----
BB Piano Chord 
  --0----5----7----2----7----9-----
EE Piano Chord 
  --0----5----7----0----0----7-----

NOTE: I don't actually know if these chords are "sus" chords, but I had
to call them something!  Also, on the first two lines of the chorus and
frequently on the verse, it is better to somewhat muffle the chords so
that the rhythm can be heard but the actual notes barely heard.  Also,
the song can be played in regular tuning with the same chords, but I
think it sounds much better this way (and this is what J.M. actually does).
Also, please post if you know any J.M. songs in their actual
tuning.  I hear that of all her guitar songs, she only did around
two of them in standard tuning!
(from Ladies of the Canyon, 1970)