Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi Chords & Tabs

 

Big Yellow Taxi Chords & Tabs

Counting Crows Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Big Yellow Taxi Tab

   
It’s a pretty easy tune too play, be careful with the strumming patterns. Great song 
fun.


Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) Capo 1st Fret

Chords:

G6       -  320033
Cadd9    -  x32033
F#       -  200233


Cadd9			      F#	   	     G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Cadd9							    G6
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin hot spot

G6
Don't it always seem to go

	     Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9			      F#	   	     G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G6
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9								G6
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum

Cadd9								  G6
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them

No, no, no

G6
Don't it always seem to go

	     Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9			      F#	   	     G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G6
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

       Cadd9				      G6
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

			    Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples

					 G6
Leave me the birds and the bees

Please

G6
Don't it always seem to go

	     Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9			      F#	   	     G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

		      Cadd9			 F#			G6
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Why not?

G6
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Solo
[Cadd9G6] x3  Cadd9 (ring)

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	G6
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam

	Cadd9		F#		   G6
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

G6
Don't it always seem to go

	     Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9			      F#	   	     G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

	 G6
Well, don't it always seem to go

	    Cadd9					   Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

Cadd9			      F#	   	     G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Why not?

	Cadd9		      F#	   	     G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot


Hey hey hey

Cadd9		      F#	   	     G6
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G6
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

			G6
Why you wanna giving it all away

Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9
Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

			G6
Now you wanna giving it all away

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

			G6
Why you wanna giving it all away

		Cadd9
Hey, hey, givin it all,

F#		   G6				Cadd9
givin it all....away

		  G6				Cadd9
Why do you want me?

		  G6
Why do you want me?

Cadd9			      F#	   	     G6
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot


Cadd9G6 (fade out)

That’s it, great song and fun to play.