Intro: G   G   A   A        D7  D7  D7  D7

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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot.

D                       Dmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
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that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Interlude: D

They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.

Chorus

Interlude: D

Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.

Chorus

Interlude: D

Late last night I heard the screen door slam
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man

Chorus x2

D               G                           A                        D
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
D                 G                         A                          D
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot