GUITAR TUNING: Intro : They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot. Oh, Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Choo bop bop bop bop, choo bop bop bop bop) The took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum, And they charged all the people a dollar-and-a-half just to see 'em. Chorus Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now. Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, Please! Chorus x2 Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi took away my old man Chorus (with only one chooo bop, bop. at each end) They've paved paradise, put up a parking lot (choo bop bop bop bop) They've paved paradise, put up a parking lot. Chord fingerings for this tuning: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 7 5 5 5 5 7 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 NOTE: On the first two lines of the chorus and often on the verse, it is better to slightly mute the chords so that the rhythm can be heard but the actual notes barelynoticed.
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