Big Yellow Taxi Tabulatur von Joni Mitchell (für Baryton)

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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

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with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot.

 
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Don't it always seem to go

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that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.


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They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum

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and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.


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Don't it always seem to go

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that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.



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Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,

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give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.


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Don't it always seem to go

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that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.


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Late last night I heard the screen door slam

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and a big yellow taxi took away my old man


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Don't it always seem to go

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that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.


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Don't it always seem to go

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that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

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They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.


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Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot

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I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot