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Big Yellow Taxi Tab

by Counting Crows


Big Yellow Taxi - Counting Crows.

Intro:
     H.           E  E       E.  S S S H        E     E.  S S S H        E     
E||---------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||
B||---------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||
G||---------------------||*------------------------|------------------------*||
D||---------------------||*------------6-----------|------------6-----------*||
A||------------------6--||-------6-6-8----------6--|------6-6-8----------6---||
E||---------------------||---4---------------------|--4----------------------||


1.vers:
     Db                 Eb               Ab
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
       Db            Eb                       Ab
with a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.
Ab              Abmaj7
Don't it always seem to go,
         Db                                (Ab)
that you don't know what you got till it's gone.
     Db                 Eb               Ab
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot.
Abmaj7            Ab6
Uhhh Bab bab Bab, Uhhh Bab bab bab.


2.Vers:
     Db                      Eb                 Ab
They took all the trees, and put them in a tree museum.
         Db                   Eb                   Ab
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them.
            Ab              Abmaj7
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go,
         Db                                   (Ab)
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     Db                  Eb               Ab
They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot.
Abmaj7             Ab6
Uhhh Bab bab Bab, Uhhh Bab bab bab.


3.Vers:
    Db                             Ab
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT.
                   Db
I don't care about spots on my apples,
                           Ab
leave me the birds and the bees - please.
Ab              Abmaj7
Don't it always seem to go,
         Db                                (Ab)
that you don't know what you got till it's gone.
     Db                 Eb               Ab
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot.
                 Db                Eb               Ab
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot (Why not?).
Abmaj7            Ab6
Uhhh Bab bab Bab, Uhhh Bab bab bab.


Mellemstykke:
     H.           E  S S      S S E  E  S S   S E  E  S E   
E||----------------------|---------------------------------|
B||----------------------|---------------------------------|
G||----------------------|---------------------------------|
D||----------------------|------6-6--6----------6--6--6-8--|
A||------------------6-6-|--6g8---------6-6-6g8------------|
E||----------------------|---------------------------------|

     E.  S    S  S  S  S S S S E  S S S      S S E  E  S S   S E  E  S E   
----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
------------6g8--8--8--8---6---5--------|---------------------------------|
--8g10-----8g10-10-10-10---8---6--------|------6-6--6----------6--6--6-8--|
------------------------------------6-6-|--6g8---------6-6-6g8------------|
----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  Q    E  E  E  S   S  E  S S      S S E  E  S S   S E  E  S E   
------------------------------|---------------------------------|
----------9-------------------|---------------------------------|
----------------8S-10S-8------|---------------------------------|
--6---------------------------|------6-6--6----------6--6--6-8--|
--------------------------6-6-|--6g8---------6-6-6g8------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------|

     E.  S    S  S  S  S S S S E  E.     E.  E.  E  E.  E.  E   
--------------------------------------|------------------------|
--------------------------------------|------------------------|
------------6g8--8--8--8---6---5------|----------5----------5--|
--8g10-----8g10-10-10-10---8---6------|------6----------6------|
--------------------------------------|--8----------6----------|
--------------------------------------|------------------------|

   H         H          
----------------------||
--(6)-----------------||
---6------------------||
--(6)-----------------||
--(4)-----------------||
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4.Vers:
Db                                          Ab
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing,
      Db              Eb           Ab
and a big yellow taxi took my girl away.
     Ab              Abmaj7
Now, don't it always seem to go,
         Db                                (Ab)
that you don't know what you got till it's gone.
     Db                 Eb               Ab
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot.
               Ab              Abmaj7
Hey, now, now, don't it always seem to go,
         Db                                   (Ab)
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     Db                  Eb               Ab
They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot.
              Db                  Eb               Ab
Why Not? They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot.
             Db                 Eb               Ab
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Abmaj7            Ab6
Uhhh Bab bab Bab, Uhhh Bab bab bab.


C-stykke:
Db            
I don't wanna give it,
Db
why you wanna give it,
              Ab
why you wanna givin' it all away.
               Db
Hey, hey, hey, now you wanna give it,
Db
I should wanna give it,
              Ab
'cause you're givin' it all away, no no.

Db
I don't wanna give it,
Db
Why you wanna give it,
              Ab
Why you wanna givin' it all away.
              Db            Eb            Ab
'Cause you're givin' it all givin' it all away, yeah, yeah.
Db           Ab
    (Why you want it) 
Db             Ab
   (Why do you want it),
            Cause you're givin it all away hey, hey, hey.
     Db                 Eb               Ab
Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot.

la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la

Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot