Intro: C C D D G G G G
C G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
C D G
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin’ hot spot
CHORUS:
G
Don’t it always seem to go
C Am G
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
C D G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Choo ba ba ba ba choo ba ba ba ba
C G
They took all the trees, put ’em in a tree museum
C D
And they charged the people a dollar and a half
G
just to see ’em
CHORUS:
G
Don’t it always seem to go
C Am G
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
C D G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Choo ba ba ba ba choo ba ba ba ba
C G
Hey farmer farmer, put away that DDT now
C D
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds
G
and the bees please
CHORUS:
G
Don’t it always seem to go
C Am G
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
C D G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Choo ba ba ba ba choo ba ba ba ba
C G
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
C D G
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
CHORUS:
G
Don’t it always seem to go
C Am G
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
C D G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Choo ba ba ba ba choo ba ba ba ba
CHORUS:
G
Don’t it always seem to go
C Am G
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone
C D G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Choo ba ba ba ba choo ba ba ba ba
C D G
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
C D G G
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
