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      B5                       A 
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 
      B5                            A 
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot... 
                                                  
 
 A            E5                                 
Don't it always seem to go                          
          G5                    D5                   
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?      
      B5            D5                  A       
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.       
                                                  
 
           B5                                   A 
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum 
             B5                                       A 
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em... 
 
 B5                        A 
Hey farmer farmer put away that DDT now. 
         B5                                          A 
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees 
 
Please! 
 
 B                            A 
Late last night I heard a screen door slam ,  
      B                           A 
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man... 
 
B5            D5                  A         
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. 
B5            D5                  A         
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.