CHORUS:
D 
Don’t it always  
D7 
seem to goThat you d
G 
on’t know what you’ve  
D 
got till it’s goneThey p
G 
aved paradise and  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot
 
They  
G 
took all the trees, put ’em in a tree mus
D 
eumAnd they  
G 
charged the people a  
A 
dollar and a half just to  
D 
see 
 
’em
 
CHORUS:
D 
Don’t it always  
D7 
seem to goThat you d
G 
on’t know what you’ve  
D 
got till it’s goneThey p
G 
aved paradise and  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot
 
Hey  
G 
farmer farmer, put away that D.D.
D 
T. nowGive me  
G 
spots on my apples but  
A 
leave me the birds and the  
D 
bees
D 
please
 
CHORUS:
D 
Don’t it always  
A 
seem to goThat you d
G 
on’t know what you’ve  
D 
got till it’s goneThey p
G 
aved paradise and  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot
 
G 
Late last night I heard the screen door  
D 
slamAnd a  
G 
big yellow taxi  
A 
took away my old  
D 
man
 
CHORUS TWICE:
D 
Don’t it always  
A 
seem to goThat you d
G 
on’t know what you’ve  
D 
got till it’s goneThey p
G 
aved paradise and  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot
 
D 
Yeah they  
G 
paved paradise,  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot
D 
I said they  
G 
paved paradise,  
A 
put up a parking  
D 
lot


These known chords are used in this song.