Big Yellow Taxi
by Joni Mitchell
🎸 Acoustic & Singer-Songwriter
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
Fret 2
Joni Mitchell's environmental anthem with her signature open-string fingerpicking. Capo 2 with a bouncy pattern over A, B, and E shapes that drives the upbeat groove.
e|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0
B|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2
G|-2-------2-------2-------2-------1-------1-------2-------2----
D|---------2-------2-----------2-------2-------2-------2--------
A|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----
E|---------0-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------
e|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0
B|---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0
G|-1-------1-------2-------2-------2-------2-------1-------1----
D|---------2-----------2-------2-----------2-------2-------2----
A|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----
E|---------0-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------