Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi chords
Chords:
This version of the song has appeared elsewhere on the internet, I've just posted it here so the correct version as the artist plays it is on UG. I play it in open D tuning with a Capo on 2. Muffling the bar A and B chords in the intro and first verse help give the rhythm to the song. Listen to the song and you'll figure it out :) Chord Shapes : All chords relative to capo ---------------E A B Aadd2/E E7sus4 A6 B6 E5 Emaj7D---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|A---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|F#--0----5----7----1----------1------5----7-----3----3---------------|D---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|A---0----5----7----2----------3------7----9-----5----4---------------|D---0----5----7----0----------0------5----7-----0----0---------------|Intro : ------- A A6 A A6 A B B6 B B6 B E Aadd2/E E7sus4 Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E E7sus4 Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E E Verse : --------A A6 A E Aadd2/E E7sus4 Aadd2/EThey paved paradise and put up a parking lotE Aadd2/E EA A6 B B6With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin'E Aadd2/E E7sus4 Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E E hot spotCHORUS: -------E5 Emaj7Don't it always seem to goAadd2/E EThat you don't know what you've got till it's goneA A6 B B6 EThey paved paradise and put up a parking lotE Aadd2/E E7sus4 Aadd2/E E(Shoo bop bop bop bopE Aadd2/E E7sus4 Aadd2/E EShoo bop bop bop bop)(Same chords for the following verses/choruses) 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 shooo bop... at each end)A A6 B B6 EThey paved paradise, put up a parking lotE Aadd2/E E7sus4 Aadd2/E E(Shoo bop bop bop bopA A6 B B6 EThey paved paradise, put up a parking lotE Aadd2/E E7sus4 Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E E