GRANT AMY - "Big Yellow Taxi" Tablature

Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 19:14:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Riess

BIG YELLOW TAXI - by Joni Mitchell

From Amy Grant's "House of Love" album.
Transcribed by Joe Riess (jriess@ddt.eng.uc.edu).

E 022100
Emaj7 021100
Esus4 022200
E(no 3) 022400
A 002220
Asus4 002230
A/C# 04222x
B/D# 06444x
B 224442
Bsus 224452

Intro:

E Emaj7 A/C# B/D#
E Emaj7 A/C# B/D#
E Esus4 E E Esus4 E Esus4 E
E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E

First verse:

A Asus4 A Asus4 E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
Esus4 E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
A Asus4 B Bsus E
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot

Chorus:

E Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
A/C# B/D# E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
A Asus4 B Bsus E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E E Esus4 E(no 3) Esus4 E 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: