Chords for Joni Mitchell- Amelia live 1983
Tempo:
84.1 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Bb
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm] I [C] [Fm]
[G]
was driving across the burning desert
[Bb] When I [Eb] spotted [Bb] six jet planes
[Em] Leaving [Am] six white [C] [Bm] vapor [G] trails
Across the bleak terrain
[C] Like the hexagram of the heavens
[G] Like [C] the strings [Am] of this guitar
[G] [F] [Bb] Amelia, it was [F] just a false alarm
The
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [Bb]
[Fm] [G] [C] drone of [G] flying engines
[Bb] Is a [Eb] song [Bb] so wild and blue
It [Am]
scrambles time [G] and seasons
[G] If it gets through [C] to you
Then your life becomes a travelogue
[Bm] [C] Of [Am] picture postcard charms
[G] [Fm] Amelia, it was just a false [F] alarm
People
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [Fm]
[G] [C] will [G] tell you where they've [Bb] gone
And [Eb] they'll tell you [Bb] where to go
[Am] But till you get there
[G] [C] Yourself, [G] you never [C] really [Gm]
know
[C] Where some have [Em] found a [C] paradise
[G] Others [Am] just come to harm
[G] [C] [Fm] Amelia, [F] it was just a false alarm
I [C] [F]
[C] [F] [Fm]
[G] [C] wish that [G] he was here tonight
[Bb] [Eb] It's [Bb] so hard to obey his [Am] sad request
[G] Of [C] me [G] to kindly stay [C] away
So this is how I hide the hurt
[Bm] As the [Am] road leaps, cursed and charmed
[G] I [F] tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm
The [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C] ghost [G] of aviation
[Bb] She was [Eb] swallowed by [Bb] the sky
Or by [Am] the sea
[B] Like [C] me, she [G] had a dream to fly
[C] Like a curse ascending
[Bm] On [C] beautiful [Am] foolish arms
[G] [F]
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
Maybe [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [F] [G] [C] [G] I've never really [Bb] loved
[Eb] I guess that [Bb] is the truth
I've spent [Am] my whole [C] life [Bm] in [G] clouds
Had icy [C] altitudes
And looking down [Em] on [C] everything
[Bm] [G] I [Am] crashed into his arms
[G] [F]
[Bb] Amelia, it was just [F] a false alarm
[G] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C] Pulled [G] into the cactus tree [Bb] motel
[Eb] To shower [Bb] off the dust
And I [Am] slept on the [Bm] [C] strange pillows
[G] Of my [C] wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
[G] Over [Am] geometric farms
[G] [Fm] Dreams, Amelia, [Bb] dreams
[F] And false alarms
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [Fm]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [Fm]
[Bb]
[Fm]
[Bb]
[Fm]
[F] [Fm]
[N]
[G]
was driving across the burning desert
[Bb] When I [Eb] spotted [Bb] six jet planes
[Em] Leaving [Am] six white [C] [Bm] vapor [G] trails
Across the bleak terrain
[C] Like the hexagram of the heavens
[G] Like [C] the strings [Am] of this guitar
[G] [F] [Bb] Amelia, it was [F] just a false alarm
The
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [Bb]
[Fm] [G] [C] drone of [G] flying engines
[Bb] Is a [Eb] song [Bb] so wild and blue
It [Am]
scrambles time [G] and seasons
[G] If it gets through [C] to you
Then your life becomes a travelogue
[Bm] [C] Of [Am] picture postcard charms
[G] [Fm] Amelia, it was just a false [F] alarm
People
[C] [F]
[C] [F] [Fm]
[G] [C] will [G] tell you where they've [Bb] gone
And [Eb] they'll tell you [Bb] where to go
[Am] But till you get there
[G] [C] Yourself, [G] you never [C] really [Gm]
know
[C] Where some have [Em] found a [C] paradise
[G] Others [Am] just come to harm
[G] [C] [Fm] Amelia, [F] it was just a false alarm
I [C] [F]
[C] [F] [Fm]
[G] [C] wish that [G] he was here tonight
[Bb] [Eb] It's [Bb] so hard to obey his [Am] sad request
[G] Of [C] me [G] to kindly stay [C] away
So this is how I hide the hurt
[Bm] As the [Am] road leaps, cursed and charmed
[G] I [F] tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm
The [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C] ghost [G] of aviation
[Bb] She was [Eb] swallowed by [Bb] the sky
Or by [Am] the sea
[B] Like [C] me, she [G] had a dream to fly
[C] Like a curse ascending
[Bm] On [C] beautiful [Am] foolish arms
[G] [F]
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
Maybe [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [F] [G] [C] [G] I've never really [Bb] loved
[Eb] I guess that [Bb] is the truth
I've spent [Am] my whole [C] life [Bm] in [G] clouds
Had icy [C] altitudes
And looking down [Em] on [C] everything
[Bm] [G] I [Am] crashed into his arms
[G] [F]
[Bb] Amelia, it was just [F] a false alarm
[G] [C] [F]
[C] [F]
[G] [C] Pulled [G] into the cactus tree [Bb] motel
[Eb] To shower [Bb] off the dust
And I [Am] slept on the [Bm] [C] strange pillows
[G] Of my [C] wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
[G] Over [Am] geometric farms
[G] [Fm] Dreams, Amelia, [Bb] dreams
[F] And false alarms
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[C] [Fm]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [Fm]
[Bb]
[Fm]
[Bb]
[Fm]
[F] [Fm]
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Bb
Am
C
G
F
[Fm] I _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ was driving across the burning desert
[Bb] When I [Eb] spotted [Bb] six jet planes
[Em] Leaving [Am] six white [C] [Bm] vapor [G] trails
Across the bleak terrain
_ [C] Like the hexagram of the heavens
[G] Like [C] the strings [Am] of this guitar
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] Amelia, it was [F] just a false alarm
The _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Fm] _ _ [G] _ [C] drone of [G] flying engines
[Bb] Is a [Eb] song [Bb] so wild and blue
It [Am]
scrambles time [G] and seasons
[G] If it gets through [C] to you
_ _ Then your life becomes a travelogue
[Bm] _ [C] Of [Am] picture postcard _ charms
_ [G] _ [Fm] _ _ Amelia, it was just a false [F] alarm
People _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] will [G] tell you where they've [Bb] gone
And [Eb] they'll tell you [Bb] where to go
[Am] But till you get there
_ [G] [C] Yourself, [G] you never [C] really [Gm]
know
[C] _ _ _ Where some have [Em] found a [C] paradise
[G] Others [Am] just come to harm
_ [G] _ [C] _ [Fm] _ Amelia, [F] it was just a false alarm
I _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] wish that [G] he was here tonight
[Bb] _ [Eb] It's [Bb] so hard to obey his [Am] sad request
[G] Of [C] me [G] to kindly stay [C] away
So _ this is how I hide the hurt
[Bm] _ As the [Am] road leaps, cursed and charmed
_ [G] I [F] tell Amelia, _ _ it was just a false alarm
The _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] ghost [G] of aviation
[Bb] She was [Eb] swallowed by [Bb] the sky
Or by [Am] the sea
[B] Like [C] me, she [G] had a dream to fly
[C] _ Like a curse ascending
[Bm] On [C] beautiful [Am] foolish arms
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ _
Amelia, it was just a false alarm _
Maybe _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] I've never really [Bb] loved
[Eb] I guess that [Bb] is the truth
I've spent [Am] my whole [C] life [Bm] in [G] clouds
Had icy [C] altitudes
_ And looking down [Em] on [C] everything
[Bm] [G] I [Am] crashed into his arms
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] Amelia, it was just [F] a false alarm _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] Pulled [G] into the cactus tree [Bb] motel
[Eb] To shower [Bb] off the dust
And I [Am] slept on the [Bm] _ [C] strange pillows
[G] Of my [C] wanderlust
_ I dreamed of _ _ _ 747s
[G] Over _ [Am] geometric _ farms
_ [G] _ _ [Fm] Dreams, Amelia, [Bb] dreams
[F] And false alarms _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ was driving across the burning desert
[Bb] When I [Eb] spotted [Bb] six jet planes
[Em] Leaving [Am] six white [C] [Bm] vapor [G] trails
Across the bleak terrain
_ [C] Like the hexagram of the heavens
[G] Like [C] the strings [Am] of this guitar
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] Amelia, it was [F] just a false alarm
The _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Fm] _ _ [G] _ [C] drone of [G] flying engines
[Bb] Is a [Eb] song [Bb] so wild and blue
It [Am]
scrambles time [G] and seasons
[G] If it gets through [C] to you
_ _ Then your life becomes a travelogue
[Bm] _ [C] Of [Am] picture postcard _ charms
_ [G] _ [Fm] _ _ Amelia, it was just a false [F] alarm
People _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] will [G] tell you where they've [Bb] gone
And [Eb] they'll tell you [Bb] where to go
[Am] But till you get there
_ [G] [C] Yourself, [G] you never [C] really [Gm]
know
[C] _ _ _ Where some have [Em] found a [C] paradise
[G] Others [Am] just come to harm
_ [G] _ [C] _ [Fm] _ Amelia, [F] it was just a false alarm
I _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] wish that [G] he was here tonight
[Bb] _ [Eb] It's [Bb] so hard to obey his [Am] sad request
[G] Of [C] me [G] to kindly stay [C] away
So _ this is how I hide the hurt
[Bm] _ As the [Am] road leaps, cursed and charmed
_ [G] I [F] tell Amelia, _ _ it was just a false alarm
The _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] ghost [G] of aviation
[Bb] She was [Eb] swallowed by [Bb] the sky
Or by [Am] the sea
[B] Like [C] me, she [G] had a dream to fly
[C] _ Like a curse ascending
[Bm] On [C] beautiful [Am] foolish arms
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ _
Amelia, it was just a false alarm _
Maybe _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] I've never really [Bb] loved
[Eb] I guess that [Bb] is the truth
I've spent [Am] my whole [C] life [Bm] in [G] clouds
Had icy [C] altitudes
_ And looking down [Em] on [C] everything
[Bm] [G] I [Am] crashed into his arms
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] Amelia, it was just [F] a false alarm _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] Pulled [G] into the cactus tree [Bb] motel
[Eb] To shower [Bb] off the dust
And I [Am] slept on the [Bm] _ [C] strange pillows
[G] Of my [C] wanderlust
_ I dreamed of _ _ _ 747s
[G] Over _ [Am] geometric _ farms
_ [G] _ _ [Fm] Dreams, Amelia, [Bb] dreams
[F] And false alarms _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _