Big Yellow Taxi Chords by Counting Crows 688,749 views 20,496 saves 19 comments Author: captain_crunch8 [a] 132 Difficulty: intermediate Speed: 0.2 Transpose: 0 Tuning: E A D G B E Capo: 1st fret “Big Yellow Taxi” – Counting Crows This is my take on the tab. I use multiple G styles because the song has certain accents that sound good when replicated. Chords: G 320003 or 3X0003 G* 320013 or 3X0013 G** 320033 Cadd9 x32033 D/F# 200232 [Verse] [Cadd9]They paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G] [Cadd9]With a pink hotel, a boutique, [D/F#]and a swingin’ hot [G]spot [G*] [G] [Chorus] [G**]Don’t it always seem to go [ Cadd9 ]That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone [Cadd9]They paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G] [G]Ooooh, bop bop bop [Cadd9]Ooooh, bop bop bop [Verse] [Cadd9]They took all the trees, and put em in a tree [G]museum [G*] [G] [Cadd9]And they charged the people a dollar and a half to [G]see them [G*] [G]No, no, no [Chorus] [G**]Don’t it always seem to go [ Cadd9 ]That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone [Cadd9]They paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G] [G]Ooooh, bop bop bop [Cadd9]Ooooh, bop bop bop [Verse] [Cadd9]Hey farmer, farmer, put away your [G]DDT [G*] [G] [G]I don’t care about spots on my [Cadd9]apples Leave me the birds and the [G]bees [G*] [G]Please [Chorus] [G**]Don’t it always seem to go [ Cadd9 ]That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone [Cadd9]They paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G] [ Cadd9 ]Hey now, they paved paradise to [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G] Why not? [G]Ooooh, bop bop bop [Cadd9]Ooooh, bop bop bop [Solo] [Cadd9] [G] [G*] [G] x3 [Cadd9] [Bridge] [G**]Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam [ Cadd9 ]And a big yellow taxi [D/F#]took my girl a[ G** ]way [Chorus] [G**]Don’t it always seem to go [ Cadd9 ]That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone [Cadd9]They paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G] [G]Well, don’t it always seem to go [ Cadd9 ]That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone [Cadd9]They paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G]Why not? [ Cadd9 ]They paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G]Hey hey hey [Cadd9]Paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [G*] [G]Ooooh, bop bop bop [Cadd9]Ooooh, bop bop bop [Bridge] [Cadd9]I don’t wanna give it Why you wanna give it [ G ]Why you wanna give it all away Hey, hey, hey [Cadd9]Now you wanna give it I should wanna give it [ G ]Now you wanna give it all away [Cadd9]I don’t wanna give it Why you wanna give it [ G ]Why you wanna give it all away [ Cadd9 ]Hey, hey, givin it all, [ D/F# ]givin it all…[ G ]away [Cadd9] [Outro] [ G ]Why do you want me? [ Cadd9 ]Why do you want me? [Cadd9]They paved paradise and [D/F#]put up a parking [G]lot [Cadd9] [G]