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capo 2
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot G D
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin’ hot spot G A D

CHORUS: Don’t it always seem to go D
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot G A D
They took all the trees, put ‘em in a tree museum G D
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see ‘ ‘em G A D

CHORUS
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now G D
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees G A D please

CHORUS
Late last night I heard the screen door slam G D
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man G A D

CHORUS TWICE (with only one chooo bop… at each end)
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (choo bop bop bop bop) G A D
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot G A D