Intro:
   A      A      B      B
   E7     E7     E7     E7

Verse 1:
     A                                   E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
       A              B                 E
with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot.

Chorus:
E               Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         A                                    E
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Interlude: E

Verse 2:
     A                                        E
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
         A                    B                         E
and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.

Chorus:
E               Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         A                                    E
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Interlude: E

Verse 3:
A                                     E
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,
        A                      B                          E
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.

Chorus 3:
E               Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         A                                    E
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Interlude: E

Verse 4:
A                                       E
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
      A               B                E
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man

Chorus:
E               Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         A                                    E
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     A                  B                E     E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

E               Emaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         A                                    E
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Outro:
E         A               B                E
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
E           A               B                E
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
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