Lirik dan Chord Lagu Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Big Yellow Taxi" adalah lagu hit Joni Mitchell yang dirilis pada 1970.

Lagu ini tergabung dalam album yang bertajuk Ladies of the Canyon.

Lagu "Big Yellow Taxi" juga telah diberi sertifikasi platinum oleh RIAA.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Big Yellow Taxi" dari Joni Mitchell.

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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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.

[Chorus]
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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]
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[Verse 2]
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They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
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and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.

[Chorus]
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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]
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[Verse 3]
G                                                         D
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,
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give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.

[Chorus 3]
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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]
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[Verse 4]
G                                                           D
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
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and a big yellow taxi took away my old man

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

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

[Outro]
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