Intro:
D# D#maj7 G#/C A#/D
D# D#maj7 G#/C A#/D
D# D#sus4 D# D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4 D#
D# D#sus4 D#(no 3) D#sus4 D# D#sus4 E
First verse:
G# G#sus4 G# G#sus4 D# D#sus4 D#(no 3) D#sus4 D# D#sus4 E
D#sus4 D#
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G# G#sus4 A# A#sus D#
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Chorus:
D# D#maj7
Don't it always seem to go
G#/C A#/D D#
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
G# G#sus4 A# A#sus D#
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
D# D#sus4 D#(no 3) D#sus4 D# D#sus4 D# D#sus4 D# D# D#sus4 D#(no 3) D#sus4 D# Esus4 E
(Shoo bop bop bop bop Shoo bop bop bop)
Second verse:
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em
Repeat chorus:
Third verse:
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please
Repeat chorus twice:
Fourth verse:
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man
Repeat chorus twice: