Chords for How to play Big Yellow Taxi (Joni MItchell)

[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Alright, so first thing for a big yellow taxi [D#] is you have to tune your guitar down to open D
So what you're gonna do is you're gonna [Em] make your E string
Sound like [E] your D string _
But you know down the [Dm] octave so Yeah _
_ _ _ _ _ the next one
[C#m] You're gonna make your G and F sharp.
So you're gonna tune it down a half step and you can usually kind of [D] hear this _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] [F#m] Or
_ You can go to the fourth [F#] fret of the G or fourth fret of the D _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Then [A#] you're gonna tune your B down to [B] an A
[A#] _ [A] So _ what I did I was just tuning it with the A string
_ [D] _ [A] _ Then your E is gonna [D] become a D _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] There are a few basic chords so
I'm just gonna call [G] this A [C#m] even though it's really a G because we're in D
But I'm gonna call it an A because that's easier [F#] to remember it's fifth [G] fret [A] B
What I'm doing is I'm just barring the [G] whole fret
[A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ There's a little shape that you can add on to a chord [A] and it looks like an [G] E7
[D] Right, so that's your first finger on the [A#] first fret of the G second finger on the first fret of the G
on the second fret of the A [G] string
Sounds beautiful.
You can [A] add it to [C] a E
[G] _ [C] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [A] So the first part of Big Yellow Taxi is gonna start with this a chord with the little add-on it's gonna [G] go
_ _ [C] It's gonna [A] go to B
_ [D] Then _ [G] _ we're gonna scoot it [D] up a half step it sounds real bluesy _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
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[C#m] You
There's one more little walk down that happens and you're going to make it's pretty much like a power chord
But you're gonna take your pinky off.
So your ring finger is gonna go on the fifth fret on the A string
And your pointer finger is gonna go on the third fret on the G string
[D] _ _
Sounds real open and flowy
You're gonna change from there because it's a walk down you're gonna change to your middle finger and your pointer
and _ then you're gonna scoot down to our little add-on chord our e7 kind of chord [G] and
Then you're gonna smush it.
[D] So you're gonna move your middle finger down one _ _ _ _ _
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And _ _ _ _ _ it's _ _ _ _ _ gonna sound like this and _ _ _ _ _ _ you're gonna go back to the a [G] beat
[C] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
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[A#] _ Oh
That's all you have to know [E] just where the lyrics go _
_ _ [G] They _ _ [C] _ [A] _
[D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
paved _ [G] _ [C] paradise put up a [D] parking lot
_ [G] With a pink [A] hotel [D] again
_ _ _ _ This
Don't always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone [G] they be [A] paradise
[D] Whatever block and line _ _ _ _ _
[G] They took all the [C] trees put them in a tree [D] museum _ _
[G] And they charged the [D] people a guy and half
And I said don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got [G] now
Let's go.
They pay [A] paradise put [D] up a parking lot
_ _ _ _ I said [Gm] now hey farmer [C] farmer put away that [D] DDT now
[G] You give me spots on [A] the apples.
[D] Don't leave me the birds and the bees
_ Please don't it always seem to go that you don't know what [A] you've got
Let's go.
[G] They pay paradise [D] put up a parking lot _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _
Late _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
last night heard the [D] screen door
And _ [Gm]
a big [A] yellow taxi took [D] away my old man
[G] [D] When I said don't it always seem to go [G] that you don't know what [D] you've got till it's gone
[G] I said they pay [D] paradise put up a parking lot
_ [Gm] They pay [A] paradise [D] put up a parking lot
_ [Gm] They _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [D] _
have _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C#m] it big yellow taxi, oh by the [G] way those [A] harmonics at the end seventh [D] fret
12th fret it's very nice
_ _ _ enjoy _ _