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	B5(Abafado)			    A5  
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot  
	B5(Abafado)			         A5  
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot...  
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Don't it always seem to go                           
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That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?     } Refrão  
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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.      /  
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They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum  
	       B5					         A5  
And they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em...  
  
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Hey farmer farmer put away that DDT now.  
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Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees  
  
Please!  
  
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Late last night I heard a screen door slam,   
	B			         A  
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man...  
  
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B5		D5	            A5          
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.  
  
B5		D5	            A5          
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.