Big Yellow Taxi Chords by Joni Mitchell

Tempo:
171.45 bpm
Chords used:

F#

B

C#

G

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Big Yellow Taxi chords
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[G]
[B] I'm really in the mood to sing.
Unfortunately my pipes are kind of going now.
[Bm] I'd stay here for another hour.
[G]
[F#]
[G] [B] [F#]
[B]
[C#]
[F#] Hey
[B] paradise, put up a [F#] parking lot.
[B] [F#]
[B]
[F#] [B]
[C#] [F#]
[B] [F#]
[C#] [F#] [B]
[F#]
[B] [F#]
Now they [B] took all the trees, put them in a [F#] tree museum.
[B] [F#] And [B] they charged all the people [C#] a dollar and [F#] a half just to [B] see [F#] them.
I said, don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
[B] Hey paradise, [F#] put up a parking [B] lot.
[F#] [B] [F#]
[B] Hey farmer, farmer, put away that [F#] DDT [B] now.
[F#]
Give me [B] spots on my [F#] apples, but leave me the birds and the bees.
[B] [F#]
You don't know what you've got till it's gone.
[B] Hey paradise, [F#] put up a parking lot.
[B]
[F#] [B]
[F#] [B] Late last night I heard that screen [F#] door slam.
And a [B] big yellow taxi [C#] come and took away my [F#] old man.
Don't it always seem to go, that you [B] don't [F#] know what you've got till it's gone.
Hey [B] paradise, [F#]
put up a parking lot.
[B]
[F#] [B]
[F#] [B] Late last night I heard that [F#] screen door slam.
[B]
[F#] [B] And a big yellow tractor [C#] come and took away my [F#] house.
It took [B] away my [F#] land.
I said, don't it always seem to go, what you've got till it's gone.
[B] Hey paradise, [C#] [F#] put up a parking lot.
[B] Hey [F#] paradise, put up a parking lot.
[B] Hey paradise, [C#] put up a [F#] parking lot.
[B] [F#]
[A#]
Key:  
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#
12341114
G
2131
Bm
13421112
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#
12341114
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To learn Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: F#, B, F#, B and C#. A good strategy is to initiate at 85 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 171 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: F# Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ I'm really in the mood to sing. _ _ _ _ _ _
Unfortunately my pipes are kind of going now. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I'd stay here for another hour.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ Hey _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ paradise, put up a [F#] parking lot.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _
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_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ Now they [B] took all the trees, put them in a [F#] tree museum.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ And [B] they charged all the people [C#] a dollar and [F#] a half just to [B] see [F#] them.
I said, don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
[B] Hey paradise, [F#] put up a parking [B] lot. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] Hey farmer, farmer, put away that [F#] DDT [B] now.
_ _ _ [F#] _
Give me [B] spots on my [F#] apples, but leave me the birds and the bees.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You don't know what you've got till it's gone.
[B] _ Hey paradise, [F#] put up a parking lot.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] Late last night I heard that screen [F#] door slam. _ _ _
_ _ And a [B] big yellow taxi [C#] come and took away my [F#] old man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Don't it always seem to go, that you [B] _ don't [F#] know what you've got till it's gone.
Hey [B] paradise, [F#] _
put up a parking lot.
[B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] Late last night I heard that [F#] screen door slam.
[B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] And a big yellow tractor [C#] come and took away my [F#] house.
It took [B] away my _ _ [F#] land.
I said, don't it always seem to go, _ _ what you've got till it's gone.
[B] Hey paradise, [C#] _ [F#] put up a parking lot.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] Hey [F#] paradise, put up a parking lot.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Hey paradise, [C#] put up a [F#] parking lot.
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _

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