C                                                         G
They paved Paradise, they put up a parking lot.
    D                                                                   G
A pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot.
                        Bm
Don't it always go to show,
         C                                                   G
You never know what you got 'til it's gone?
         C                 D              C              D         G
They paved Paradise, they put up a parking lot.


They took all the trees, they put 'em in a tree museum,
They charged the people, a dollar and a half just to see 'em.
Don't it always go to show,
You never know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved Paradise, they put up a parking lot.

Hey Farmer, Farmer, put away that D.D.T.
Leave me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please.
Don't it always go to show,
You never know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved Paradise, they put up a parking lot.

Late last night, I heard my screen door slam.
A big yellow bulldozer took away the house an' land.
Don't it always go to show,
You never know what you got 'til it's gone?
They paved Paradise, they put up a parking lot.
They paved Paradise, they put up a parking lot.
They paved Paradise, they put up a parking lot.
They paved Paradise, they put up a parking lot.


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