[Tuning] 
B F# B F# B D#
E 555555 F# 777777 
B 000000
 [Intro] 
EF#B
[Verse 1] 
EB They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
EF#B With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot
 [Chorus 1] 
B Don't it always seem to go
E That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
EF#B They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 [Verse 2] 
EB They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
EF#B And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
 [Chorus] 
B Don't it always seem to go
E That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
EF#B They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 [Verse 3] 
EB Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
EF#B Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please
 [Chorus] 
B Don't it always seem to go
E That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
EF#B They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 [Verse 4] 
EB Late last night I heard the screen door slam
EF#B And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
 [Chorus] 
B Don't it always seem to go
E That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
EF#B They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 [Outro] 
EF#B Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
EF#B