Chord Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

this version of the song has appeared elsewhere on the internet , i’ve just posted it here so the correct version as the artist plays it is on ug . i play it in open D tuning with a capo on 2 . muffling the bar a and B chords in the intro and first verse help give the rhythm to the song . listen to the song and you’ll figure it out : chord shapes : all chords relative to capo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E A B ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 A6 B6 E5 Emaj7 D - - - 0 - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A - - - 0 - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | F# - - 0 - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - - 3 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D - - - 0 - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A - - - 0 - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 7 - - - - 9 - - - - - 5 - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D - - - 0 - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | intro : - - - - - - - A A6 A A6 A B B6 B B6 B E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 ch Aadd2/E /Ch E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 ch Aadd2/E /Ch E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E verse : - - - - - - - - A A6 A E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 ch Aadd2/E /Ch they paved paradise and put up a parking lot E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E A A6 B B6 with a pink hotel , a boutique and a swingin’ E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 ch Aadd2/E /Ch E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E hot spot chorus : - - - - - - - E5 Emaj7 don’t it always seem to go ch Aadd2/E /Ch E that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone A A6 B B6 E they paved paradise and put up a parking lot E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 ch Aadd2/E /Ch E shoo bop bop bop bop E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 ch Aadd2/E /Ch E shoo bop bop bop bop same chords for the following verses/Choruses they took all the trees , put ’em in a tree museum and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ’em chorus hey farmer farmer , put away that D . D . t . now give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please chorus late last night i heard the screen door slam and a big yellow taxi took away my old man chorus twice with only one shooo bop . . . at each end A A6 B B6 E they paved paradise , put up a parking lot E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 ch Aadd2/E /Ch E shoo bop bop bop bop A A6 B B6 E they paved paradise , put up a parking lot E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E7sus4 ch Aadd2/E /Ch E ch Aadd2/E /Ch E