Cadd9                         D/F#                   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Cadd9                                                       G
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
G
Don't it always seem to go
             Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9                        D/F#                    G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9                                                           G
They took all the trees, and put em in a tree museum
Cadd9                                                             G
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no
G
Don't it always seem to go
             Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9                         D/F#                   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
       Cadd9                                  G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
                            Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples
                                         G
Leave me the birds and the bees

Please
G
Don't it always seem to go
             Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9                         D/F#                   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
                      Cadd9                      D/F#                   G
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Why not?
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Solo
[Cadd9 - G] x3  Cadd9 (let ring)

                                                                G
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
        Cadd9           D/F#               G
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
G
Don't it always seem to go
             Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9                         D/F#                   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
         G
Well, don't it always seem to go
            Cadd9                                          Cadd9
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Cadd9                         D/F#                   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Why not?

        Cadd9                 D/F#                   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey hey hey
Cadd9                 D/F#                   G
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop
Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it
                        G
Why you wanna giving it all away

Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9
Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it
                        G
Now you wanna giving it all away
Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it
                        G
Why you wanna giving it all away
                Cadd9
Hey, hey, givin it all,
D/F#     G                              Cadd9
givin it all....away
                  G                             Cadd9
Why do you want me?
                  G
Why do you want me?
Cadd9                         D/F#                   G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot


Cadd9  G (fade out)