Intro D , E , A

      B5 (abafado)                      A5
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
      B5 (abafado)                           A5
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot...
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Don't it always seem to go                         
          G5                    D5                  
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?     } Refrão
      B5            D5                  A5      /
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.      /
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           B5                                   A5
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum
             B5                                       A5
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em...

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 B5                        A5
Hey farmer farmer put away that DDT now.
         B5                                          A5
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees

Please!

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 B                            A
Late last night I heard a screen door slam , 
      B                           A
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man...

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B5            D5                  A5        
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
B5            D5                  A5        
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.