Verse 1
G                                        D 
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot 
       G              A              D 
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot 
 
Chorus 1
D               A 
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 
 
Verse 2
     G                                        D 
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum 
         G                    A                         D 
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em 
 
Chorus 2
D               A 
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 
 
Verse 3
    G                                D 
Hey farmer farmer, put away that DDT. now 
        G                      A                          D 
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees 
D 
please 
 
Chorus 3
D               A 
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 
 
Verse 4
G                                       D 
Late last night I heard the screen door slam 
      G               A                D 
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man 
 
Chorus 4
D               A 
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 
x2 
 
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