Intro:
C Cmaj7 F/A G/B
C Cmaj7 F/A G/B
C Csus4 C C Csus4 C Csus4 C
C Csus4 C(no 3) Csus4 C Csus4 E
First verse:
F Fsus4 F Fsus4 C Csus4 C(no 3) Csus4 C Csus4 E
Csus4 C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
F Fsus4 G Gsus C
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Chorus:
C Cmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
F/A G/B C
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
F Fsus4 G Gsus C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
C Csus4 C(no 3) Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C C Csus4 C(no 3) Csus4 C 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: