Big Yellow Taxi

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 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 A6 B6 E5 Emaj7 D - - - 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 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E Verse : - - - - - - - - A A6 A E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] they paved paradise and put up a parking lot E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E A A6 B B6 with a pink hotel , a boutique and a swingin’ E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E hot spot Chorus : - - - - - - - E5 Emaj7 don’t it always seem to go [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone A A6 B B6 E they paved paradise and put up a parking lot E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E ( shoo bop bop bop bop E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E shoo 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 E they paved paradise , put up a parking lot E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E ( shoo bop bop bop bop A A6 B B6 E they paved paradise , put up a parking lot E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E7sus4 [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E [ ch ] Aadd2/E [ /Ch ] E