Capo: 2nd fret
open D tuning: (DADF#AD) + capo on 2nd
%Intro:%
G – G6 – G – G6 – G – D – A – A6 – A – A6 – A
D – D6sus4 – C6sus2/D – D6sus4 3x
D – D6sus4 – C6sus2/D – D
%Verse%
G* G* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G* A* D*
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin’ hot spot
%Chorus:%
Di D5/C#
Don’t it always seem to go
Dsus4/B D
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
%Verse%
G* G* D*
They took all the trees, put ’em in a tree mu- seum
G* A* D*
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ’em
%Chorus:%
Di D5/C#
Don’t it always seem to go
Dsus4/B D
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
%Verse%
G* G* D*
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.- T. now
G* A* D*
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please
%Chorus:%
Di D5/C#
Don’t it always seem to go
Dsus4/B D
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
%Verse%
G* G* D*
Late last night I heard the screendoor slam
G* A* D*
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
%Chorus:%
Di D5/C#
Don’t it always seem to go
Dsus4/B D
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa)
Di D5/C#
I said Don’t it always seem to go
Dsus4/B D
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone /
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
(Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G* A* D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot //
%Chords%
G 555555
G6 575575
A 777777
A6 797797
D 000000
D6sus4 020100
C6sus2/D 030100
Di x5430x
D5/C# x4030x
Dsus4/B x2010x