Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Pinhead Gunpowder Fahizah (1992)/Jump Salty (1995) Lyrics: Joni Mitchell? Music: Joni Mitchell? Tuning: Normal Notes: Although this isn't a Green Day recorded song, I thought I'd tab it out, because it's by PHGP (BJ and Jason White's band), Green Day does play it live, and PHGP did it so damn well. h = hammer-on p = pull-off b = bend / = slide up \ = slide down 5 = power chord Intro D5 E5 A5 e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7----9--------------------------------------------------------| D|-7----9----7---------------------------------------------------| A|-5----7----7---------------------------------------------------| E|-----------5---------------------------------------------------| Verse (x2) (PM B5 for Verse 1, 2, 3; PM all chords for Verse 4) B5 A5 e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9----7--------------------------------------------------------| A|-9----7--------------------------------------------------------| E|-7----5--------------------------------------------------------| Chorus A Bm C#m? D B5 D5 A5 e|-5----7----9---------------------------------------------------| B|-5----7----8----10---------------------------------------------| G|-6----7----9----11----4----7-----------------------------------| D|----------------12----4----7----7----7--7--7--7-7---7--7--7----| A|----------------------2----5----7----7--7--7--7-7---7--7--7----| E|--------------------------------5----5--5--5--5-5---5--5--5----| Chorus 2 A Bm C#m? D | B5 D5 A5 (x3) | e|-5----7----9--------------------|------------------------------| B|-5----7----8----10-10-----------|------------------------------| G|-6----7----9----11-11---11------|-4----7-----------------------| D|----------------12-12---12------|-4----7----7----7--7--7--7-7--| A|------------------------12------|-2----5----7----7--7--7--7-7--| E|------------------------10------|-----------5----5--5--5--5-5--| Order Intro Verse 1 Chorus Verse 2 Chorus Verse 3 Chorus Verse 4 Chorus 2 Lyrics They paved paradise Put up a parking lot (Verse 1) With a pink hotel, a boutique And a swingin hot spot Don't it always seem to go (Chorus) That you don't know what you got till it's gone They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They took all the trees Put em in a tree museum (Verse 2) And they charged all the people A dollar and a half just to see em (Chorus) Hey farmer farmer Put away that DDT now (Verse 3) Give me spots on my apples Give me the birds and the bees (Chorus) Late last night I heard the screen door slam (Verse 4) And a big yellow taxi Took away my old man Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (Chorus 2) They paved paradise, put up a parking lot They paved paradise, put up a parking lot