Big Yellow Taxi (lyrics & chords)

[PSim]

In article <jknoche-2305...@lanrover1-line3.uoregon.edu>,
jkn...@darkwing.oregon.edu
says...
>please either send me the lyrics or tell me where i can find them. i'm
>going to an island in micronesia and we're going to sing this to our
>hosts.
>don't ask; i know it's weird.
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BIG YELLOW TAXI ... by Joni Mitchell

They paved paradise & put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique & a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got til it's gone
They paved paradise & put up a parking lot

C - G - / C D G - / - - C FG / C D G -

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

Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds & the bees (please!)

Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
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The chords refer to the verse above them.
Each group between slashes refers to one line of the lyrics.
I took this song from the book "Rise Up Singing"
where you get 1200 well-known songs, with the chords written that way.
Splendid book, by Sing Out Publication.
I ain't no vendor, but I give you their address:
SING OUT, P.O. Box 5253, Bethlehem, PA 18015-0253
I've looked everywhere but think they haven't no web site. Too bad.
The book sells for $20 (Canadian)
That's it. Jean-Pierre (PS...@SAGLAC.QC.CA)