[INT] ->   E   E7M   A/C#    B/D#

           E   E7M   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             E7M
dont it always seem to go
          A/C#                           B/D#  E
that you dont know what youve got till its 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:


      E       022100
      EmAj7   021100
      Esus4   022200
      e(no 3) 022400
      A       002220
      Asus4   002230
      A/C#    04222x
      b/d#    06444x
      B       224442
      Bsus    224452