Big Yellow Taxi Chords
by Amy Grant
Big Yellow Taxi by Amy Grant is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, Emaj7, Esus4, A, Asus4, A/C#, B/D#, B, Bsus and E(omit3). Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E 022100
Emaj7 021100
Esus4 022200
E(omit3)022400
A 002220
Asus4 002230
A/C# 04222x
B/D# 06444x
B 224442
Bsus 224452
Intro:
E Emaj7 A/C# B/D#
E Emaj7 A/C# B/D#
E Esus4 E E Esus4 E Esus4 E
E Esus4 E(omit3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
First verse:
A Asus4 A Asus4 E Esus4 E(omit3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
Esus4 E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
A Asus4 B Bsus E
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
Chorus:
E Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
A/C# B/D# E
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
A Asus4 B Bsus E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
E Esus4 E(omit3) Esus4 E Esus4 E Esus4 E E Esus4 E(omit3) Esus4 E Esus4 E
(Shoo bop bop bop bop Shoo bop bop bop)
Second verse:
They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em
Repeat chorus:
Third verse:
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please
Repeat chorus twice:
Fourth verse:
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man
Repeat chorus twice: