verse 1  

D  
Mmm ma ma ma ma ma  
G                        D  
They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot  
G                                          D  
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot.  


[Refrão]
D  
Don't it always seem to go  
        G  
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?  
G                    A                  D  
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot  

verse 2  
        G                       D  
They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum  

G                                       D         
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see 'em.  

(Chorus) 

D  
mmmmm ma ma  ma ma ma (x2)  

verse 3  
      G                               D  
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT.  

                            G  
Give me spots on my apples, but  

        D  
Leave me the birds and the bees, please.  

(Chorus) 

        D  
mmmm ma ma ma ma ma (x2)  

Solo  
D  

verse 4   
        G                       D  
Listen, late last night I heard the screen door slam  

        G               D  
And a big yellow taxi took my  old man.  

Chorus