Verse 1GD
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
GAD
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot
Chorus 1DA
Don't it always seem to go
GD
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
GAD
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Verse 2GD
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
GAD
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
Chorus 2DA
Don't it always seem to go
GD
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
GAD
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Verse 3GD
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
GAD
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees
D
please
Chorus 3DA
Don't it always seem to go
GD
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
GAD
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Verse 4GD
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
GAD
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
Chorus 4DA
Don't it always seem to go
GD
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
GAD
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
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OutroDGAD
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
DGAD
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
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