Chords for Joni Mitchell - Amelia
Tempo:
156 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[A] [D] I was driving [A] across the burning desert
When [C] I spotted [F] six jet [C] planes
[Bm] Leaving six white
[C#m] paper trails
[D] Across [A] the bleak terrain
[D]
It was the hexagram of [F#m] the [D] heavens
[C#m]
The [D] strings of [Bm] this guitar, [A]
[G] familiar
[C]
It was just a [G] false alarm
[C] [G] The
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[A] [D] drone of [A] flying engines
[C] Is a [F] song so [C] wild and blue
[D] It [Bm] scrambles time [C#m] and seasons
[F#m] If it [A] gets through to [D]
you
Then your life becomes a [F#m]
travel [D]-loving
[C#m]
Picture [Bm] in postcard chimes
[A] [G] Familiar
[C] [G] It was just a false alarm
[C]
[G] People [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[C] [A]
[D] will tell [A] you where they've gone
[C] They'll tell you where to go
Until [D] you [Bm] get there
[D] [C#m] Yourself you [A] [D] really know
Where some have found their paradise
[C#m] Others [D] just come to [Bm] harm
[D] [G]
Familiar
[C] It was just a [G] false alarm
[C]
[G] I [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [D]
[G] [C]
[A]
[D] wish that he [A] was here tonight
[C] It's so hard to obey [D] his sad [Bm]
request
[C#m] Of me to [D] [A] kindly stay [D] away
So this is how [F#m] I hide the [D] hurt
[C#] As the road [D] leads [Bm]
cursed and charred
[A] I [G] tell Familiar
[C] It was [G] just a false alarm
[C] [G]
The [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D]
[G] [C]
[A] [D] ghost of [A] aviation
[C] She was followed [F] by [C] the sky
Or [D] by [Bm] the sea
[C#m] Like me, she [A] had a dream [D] to fly
Like Icarus ascending
[C#m] On beautiful [Bm] foolish [A] eyes [D] [G] Familiar
[C]
It was [G] just a false alarm
[C] [G] Maybe [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[Dm] [Em] [D] [G]
[C]
[A] [D] [A] I've never really loved
[C]
I guess that is the truth
I've [Bm] spent my whole life [C#m] in clouds
[A] At icy
[D] altitudes
And looking down on [F#m] everything
[D] I [C#m]
crashed [Bm] into his arms
[A] [D] [G]
Familiar
[C]
It was just a [G] false alarm
[C]
[G] I [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[C] [A]
[D] pulled into the [A] Cactus Tree Motel
[C] To shower off the dust
And [D] I [Bm] slept on
[C#m] Strange pillows [D] of [A] my [D]
wanderlust
I dreamed of
[F#m] [D] 747s
Over [C#m] geometric [Bm]
[E] [Bm] farms
[A] [Dm] [G]
Familiar
[C] Dreams and [G]
false [C] alarms
[G] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[E] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D]
[G] [C] [G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[A] [D] I was driving [A] across the burning desert
When [C] I spotted [F] six jet [C] planes
[Bm] Leaving six white
[C#m] paper trails
[D] Across [A] the bleak terrain
[D]
It was the hexagram of [F#m] the [D] heavens
[C#m]
The [D] strings of [Bm] this guitar, [A]
[G] familiar
[C]
It was just a [G] false alarm
[C] [G] The
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[A] [D] drone of [A] flying engines
[C] Is a [F] song so [C] wild and blue
[D] It [Bm] scrambles time [C#m] and seasons
[F#m] If it [A] gets through to [D]
you
Then your life becomes a [F#m]
travel [D]-loving
[C#m]
Picture [Bm] in postcard chimes
[A] [G] Familiar
[C] [G] It was just a false alarm
[C]
[G] People [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[C] [A]
[D] will tell [A] you where they've gone
[C] They'll tell you where to go
Until [D] you [Bm] get there
[D] [C#m] Yourself you [A] [D] really know
Where some have found their paradise
[C#m] Others [D] just come to [Bm] harm
[D] [G]
Familiar
[C] It was just a [G] false alarm
[C]
[G] I [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [D]
[G] [C]
[A]
[D] wish that he [A] was here tonight
[C] It's so hard to obey [D] his sad [Bm]
request
[C#m] Of me to [D] [A] kindly stay [D] away
So this is how [F#m] I hide the [D] hurt
[C#] As the road [D] leads [Bm]
cursed and charred
[A] I [G] tell Familiar
[C] It was [G] just a false alarm
[C] [G]
The [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D]
[G] [C]
[A] [D] ghost of [A] aviation
[C] She was followed [F] by [C] the sky
Or [D] by [Bm] the sea
[C#m] Like me, she [A] had a dream [D] to fly
Like Icarus ascending
[C#m] On beautiful [Bm] foolish [A] eyes [D] [G] Familiar
[C]
It was [G] just a false alarm
[C] [G] Maybe [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[Dm] [Em] [D] [G]
[C]
[A] [D] [A] I've never really loved
[C]
I guess that is the truth
I've [Bm] spent my whole life [C#m] in clouds
[A] At icy
[D] altitudes
And looking down on [F#m] everything
[D] I [C#m]
crashed [Bm] into his arms
[A] [D] [G]
Familiar
[C]
It was just a [G] false alarm
[C]
[G] I [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[C] [A]
[D] pulled into the [A] Cactus Tree Motel
[C] To shower off the dust
And [D] I [Bm] slept on
[C#m] Strange pillows [D] of [A] my [D]
wanderlust
I dreamed of
[F#m] [D] 747s
Over [C#m] geometric [Bm]
[E] [Bm] farms
[A] [Dm] [G]
Familiar
[C] Dreams and [G]
false [C] alarms
[G] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[E] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D]
[G] [C] [G]
[D]
[G]
Key:
D
G
C
A
Bm
D
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] I was driving [A] across the burning desert
_ When [C] I spotted [F] six jet _ [C] planes _
[Bm] Leaving six white _ _
_ [C#m] paper trails
[D] Across [A] the bleak terrain
[D] _ _ _ _ _
It was the _ hexagram of [F#m] the [D] heavens
_ _ _ [C#m] _
The [D] strings of [Bm] this guitar, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ familiar
_ [C] _
It was just a [G] _ false alarm
[C] _ _ [G] The _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] drone of [A] flying _ engines
_ [C] Is a [F] song so _ [C] wild and blue
[D] It [Bm] scrambles time _ _ _ [C#m] and _ seasons
[F#m] If it [A] gets through to [D] _
you _ _ _ _ _
Then your life _ _ becomes a [F#m]
travel [D]-loving
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _
Picture [Bm] in _ postcard _ _ _ _ chimes
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ Familiar
_ _ [C] _ [G] It was just a false alarm
_ [C] _
_ [G] People _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ will tell [A] you where they've gone
_ _ [C] _ _ They'll tell you where to go
Until [D] you [Bm] get there
_ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ Yourself you [A] _ _ _ [D] really _ _ know
_ _ _ Where some have _ found their paradise
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ Others [D] just come to [Bm] _ harm _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Familiar
_ [C] _ _ It was just a [G] _ false alarm
[C] _ _ _
[G] I _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] wish that he [A] was here tonight _
_ [C] _ _ It's so hard to obey [D] his sad [Bm] _
request
_ _ [C#m] Of me to [D] [A] kindly stay [D] away _ _
_ _ _ _ So this is how _ [F#m] I hide the [D] hurt
[C#] As the road [D] leads [Bm]
cursed and _ _ charred _
[A] I [G] tell Familiar _ _
_ [C] It _ _ was [G] just a false alarm
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ The [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] ghost of _ [A] _ aviation
_ _ [C] She was followed [F] _ by [C] the sky _
Or [D] by [Bm] the sea _
[C#m] Like me, she [A] had a dream [D] to _ fly _ _
_ _ _ Like _ _ Icarus _ ascending _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ On beautiful [Bm] _ foolish _ _ _ _ _ [A] eyes _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ Familiar
_ [C] _
_ _ It was [G] just a false alarm
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ Maybe _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] I've never really loved
[C] _ _
I guess that is the truth
I've [Bm] spent my whole _ life [C#m] in _ _ clouds
[A] At icy _ _
[D] _ altitudes _ _ _ _ _
And looking down on [F#m] _ everything
[D] I [C#m] _ _
crashed [Bm] into his _ _ arms
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ Familiar
[C] _ _
It was just a [G] false _ alarm
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ I _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] pulled into the [A] Cactus Tree Motel
_ [C] _ _ To shower off the dust
And [D] I [Bm] slept on
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Strange pillows [D] of [A] my _ _ _ _ [D] _
wanderlust
_ I dreamed of _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] 747s
Over [C#m] _ _ _ geometric [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ farms _ _
_ [A] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
Familiar
[C] _ _ Dreams and [G]
false _ [C] alarms
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] I was driving [A] across the burning desert
_ When [C] I spotted [F] six jet _ [C] planes _
[Bm] Leaving six white _ _
_ [C#m] paper trails
[D] Across [A] the bleak terrain
[D] _ _ _ _ _
It was the _ hexagram of [F#m] the [D] heavens
_ _ _ [C#m] _
The [D] strings of [Bm] this guitar, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ familiar
_ [C] _
It was just a [G] _ false alarm
[C] _ _ [G] The _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] drone of [A] flying _ engines
_ [C] Is a [F] song so _ [C] wild and blue
[D] It [Bm] scrambles time _ _ _ [C#m] and _ seasons
[F#m] If it [A] gets through to [D] _
you _ _ _ _ _
Then your life _ _ becomes a [F#m]
travel [D]-loving
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _
Picture [Bm] in _ postcard _ _ _ _ chimes
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ Familiar
_ _ [C] _ [G] It was just a false alarm
_ [C] _
_ [G] People _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ will tell [A] you where they've gone
_ _ [C] _ _ They'll tell you where to go
Until [D] you [Bm] get there
_ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ Yourself you [A] _ _ _ [D] really _ _ know
_ _ _ Where some have _ found their paradise
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ Others [D] just come to [Bm] _ harm _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Familiar
_ [C] _ _ It was just a [G] _ false alarm
[C] _ _ _
[G] I _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] wish that he [A] was here tonight _
_ [C] _ _ It's so hard to obey [D] his sad [Bm] _
request
_ _ [C#m] Of me to [D] [A] kindly stay [D] away _ _
_ _ _ _ So this is how _ [F#m] I hide the [D] hurt
[C#] As the road [D] leads [Bm]
cursed and _ _ charred _
[A] I [G] tell Familiar _ _
_ [C] It _ _ was [G] just a false alarm
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ The [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] ghost of _ [A] _ aviation
_ _ [C] She was followed [F] _ by [C] the sky _
Or [D] by [Bm] the sea _
[C#m] Like me, she [A] had a dream [D] to _ fly _ _
_ _ _ Like _ _ Icarus _ ascending _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ On beautiful [Bm] _ foolish _ _ _ _ _ [A] eyes _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ Familiar
_ [C] _
_ _ It was [G] just a false alarm
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ Maybe _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] I've never really loved
[C] _ _
I guess that is the truth
I've [Bm] spent my whole _ life [C#m] in _ _ clouds
[A] At icy _ _
[D] _ altitudes _ _ _ _ _
And looking down on [F#m] _ everything
[D] I [C#m] _ _
crashed [Bm] into his _ _ arms
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ Familiar
[C] _ _
It was just a [G] false _ alarm
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ I _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] pulled into the [A] Cactus Tree Motel
_ [C] _ _ To shower off the dust
And [D] I [Bm] slept on
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Strange pillows [D] of [A] my _ _ _ _ [D] _
wanderlust
_ I dreamed of _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] 747s
Over [C#m] _ _ _ geometric [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ farms _ _
_ [A] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ _
Familiar
[C] _ _ Dreams and [G]
false _ [C] alarms
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _