[Intro]
G      G      A      A
D7     D7     D7     D7
[Strophe]
     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.
[Refrain]
D               Dmaj7 
Don't it always seem to go 
         G/D                                  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.
[Instrumentale]
D
[Strophe]
     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.
[Refrain]
D               Dmaj7 
Don't it always seem to go 
         G/D                                  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.
[Instrumentale]
D
[Strophe]
G                                     D 
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now, 
        G                      A                          D 
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.
[Refrain]
D               Dmaj7 
Don't it always seem to go 
         G/D                                  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.
[Instrumentale]
D
[Strophe]
G                                       D 
Late last night I heard the screen door slam 
      G               A                D 
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man
[Refrain]
D               Dmaj7 
Don't it always seem to go 
         G/D                                  D 
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone. 
     G                  A                D     D 
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.  
D               Dmaj7 
Don't it always seem to go 
         G/D                                  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.
[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