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Amelia chords by
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell

1976Folk
Intro 1
Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C

F
Bb

Verse 1
G
C
G

I was driving across the burning desert
Bb
Eb
Bb

When I spotted six jet planes
Am
Bm

Leaving six white vapor trails,
G
C

across the bleak terrain
Em

It was the hexagram of the heavens
Bm
Am
G

It was the strings of my guitar
F
Bb

Amelia, it was just a false alarm
F
Bb
F
C

Interlude 1
Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C
F
Bb

Verse 2
G
C
G

The drone of flying en gines
Bb
Eb
Bb

Is a song so wild and blue
Am
Bm

It scrambles time and seasons
G
C

If it gets through to you
Em

Then your life becomes a travelogue
Bm
Am

Of picture postcards charms
G
F
Bb

Oh, Ame lia, it was just a false alarm
F
Bb
F
C

Interlude 2
Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C
F
Bb

Verse 3
G
C
G

People will tell you where they've gone
Bb
Eb
Bb

They'll tell you where to go
Am
Bm

But 'til you get there yourself
G
C

You never really know
Em

Where some have found their paradise
Bm
Am

Others just come to harm
G
F
Bb

Oh, Amelia, it was just a false alarm
F
Bb
F
C

Interlude 3
Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C
F
Bb

Verse 4
G
C
G

I wish that he was here tonight
Bb
Eb
Bb

It's so hard to obey
Am
Bm

His sad request of me,
G
C

to kindly stay away
Em

So this is how I hide the hurt
Bm
Am

As the road leads cursed and charmed
G
F
Bb

I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm
F
Bb
F
C

Interlude 4
Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C
F
Bb

Verse 5
G
C
G

A ghost of a viation
Bb
Eb
Bb

She was swallowed by the sky
Am

Or by the sea, like me,
Bm
G
C

she had a dream to fly
Em

Like Icarus ascending
Bm
Am
G

On beautiful foolish arms
F
Bb

Amelia, it was just a false alarm
F
Bb
F
C

Interlude 5
Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C
F
Bb

Verse 6
G
C
G

Maybe I've vever really loved
Bb
Eb
Bb

I guess that is the truth
Am
Bm

I've spent my whole life in clouds,
G
C

at icy altitude
Em

And looking down on everything
Bm
Am
G

I crashed into his arms
F
Bb

Amelia, it was just a false alarm
F
Bb
F
C

Interlude 6
Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C
F
Bb

Verse 7
G
C
G

I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
Bb
Eb
Bb

To shower off the dust
Am
Bm

And I slept on the strange pillows,
G
C

of my wonderlust
Em

I dreamed of 7 I 47 s
Bm
Am

Over geometric farms
G
F
Bb

Dreams, Amelia, dreams,
F
Bb
F
C

and false alarms
Outro 1
Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C

F
Bb
F
C

Dm
C

F
Bb
F

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Chords
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  • C

  • F

  • Bb

  • G

  • Eb

    6
  • Am

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

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