022100 021100 022200 002220 002230 04222x 06444x 224442 224452 Intro: First verse: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot Chorus: Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoo bop bop bop bop Shoo bop bop bop) Second verse: They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum And they charged all the people twenty-five bucks just to see 'em Repeat chorus: Third verse: Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT now Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please Repeat chorus twice: Fourth verse: Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man Repeat chorus twice: