Big Yellow Taxi Chords by Counting Crows

Tempo:
118.05 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Db

Eb

Fm

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Big Yellow Taxi chords
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[Ab]
They paved paradise and put up a fucking lie
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a slinging hot spa
Don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you [Ab] got till it's gone
[Db] They paved [Eb] paradise and put up a fucking [Ab] lie
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum
And charged the [Eb] people a dollar and a half [Ab] to see them
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you got [Ab] till it's [Db] gone
They paved [Eb] paradise and put up a [Ab] fucking lie
Hey, farm up in your DDT
I don't care about spots [Bbm] on my apples
Leave me the birds [Ab] and the bees, please
Don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise [Eb] and put up a [Ab] fucking lie
And now [Fm] they paved paradise [Eb] to put up a [Ab] fucking lie
One night
[Fm] [Ab] [Db]
[Ab]
Listen to me last night
I heard the screen door swing
And [Db] a big yellow [Ab] taxi took my girl [Ab] away
Now don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you got [Ab] till it's gone
[Db] They paved [Eb]
paradise and put up a fucking [Ab] lie
Hey, now, now, don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you got [Ab] till it's [Db] gone
They paved [Eb] paradise and put up a [Ab] fucking lie
One night
They paved [Eb] paradise and put up [Ab] a fucking lie
Hey, [Db] hey, hey, paved [Eb] paradise
And put up [Ab] a fucking lie
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna give it all away
Hey, hey, hey, now you [Bbm] wanna give it
I sure wanna [Ab] give it
Cause you're giving it all away Now, now
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna give it all away
Cause you're [Eb] giving it all, giving it all [Ab] away
[Eb] Yeah, yeah, yeah
Why [Ab] you gonna
[Bb]
Why [Eb] you gonna
Cause you're giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey, [Fm] hey
[Ab]
They paved [Bbm] paradise and put up a fucking [Ab] lie
La, [Bb]
[Fm] [Ab]
[Bb] la, la, la
[Ab] [Bb] [Fm]
[Ab]
Key:  
Ab
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Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
Fm
123111111
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
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To learn Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Ab, Db and Ab of chords. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 44 BPM before aiming for the song's 89 BPM. With the song's key of Db Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ They paved paradise and put up a fucking lie _ _
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a slinging hot spa
_ _ _ Don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you [Ab] got till it's gone
[Db] They paved [Eb] paradise and put up a fucking [Ab] lie _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum _ _
And charged the [Eb] people a dollar and a half [Ab] to see them
_ No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you got [Ab] till it's [Db] gone
They paved [Eb] paradise and put up a [Ab] fucking lie _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hey, farm up _ in your _ DDT
I don't care about spots [Bbm] on my apples
Leave me the birds [Ab] and the bees, please
_ _ Don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise [Eb] and put up a [Ab] fucking lie
And now [Fm] they paved paradise [Eb] to put up a [Ab] fucking lie
_ One night _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
Listen to me last night
I heard the screen door swing
And [Db] a big yellow [Ab] taxi took my girl [Ab] away
_ _ _ Now don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you got [Ab] till it's gone
_ _ _ [Db] They paved [Eb]
paradise and put up a fucking [Ab] lie
_ _ Hey, now, now, don't it always seem to go
[Db] That you don't know what you got [Ab] till it's [Db] gone
They paved [Eb] paradise and put up a [Ab] fucking lie
_ _ One night
They paved [Eb] paradise and put up [Ab] a fucking lie
Hey, [Db] hey, hey, paved [Eb] paradise
And put up [Ab] a fucking lie _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna give it all away
Hey, hey, hey, now you [Bbm] wanna give it
I sure wanna [Ab] give it
Cause you're giving it all away Now, now
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna give it all away
Cause you're [Eb] giving it all, giving it all [Ab] away
[Eb] Yeah, yeah, yeah _ _ _ _
Why [Ab] you gonna
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ Why [Eb] you gonna
Cause you're giving it all away
Hey, hey, hey, [Fm] hey
_ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ They paved [Bbm] paradise and put up a fucking [Ab] lie
La, _ [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] la, la, la
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _