Amelia Chords by Joni Mitchell

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[G] I was [C] driving across the [G] burning desert [Bb] when I spotted [Eb] six jet [Bb] planes
[Am] Leaving six white [Bm] vapor trails [C] across the [C] bleak terrain
It was the hexagram of [Em] the heavens, it was [Bm] the strings of my [Am] guitar
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] Amelia, [Bb] it was just a false [F] alarm
[F] The _ _
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[G] _ [C] drone of flying [G] engines [Bb] is a [Eb] song so [Bb] wild and blue
[C] It [F] scrambles time and [G] seasons [Em] if it gets [G] through to [C] you
_ _ Then your life [Em] becomes a travelogue [Bm] of picture [Am] postcard charms
[C] _ Oh [F] Amelia, [Bb] it was just a false [F] alarm
[F] People _ _
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_ [G] [C] will tell you [G] where they've gone, [Bb] they'll [Eb] tell you [Bb] where to go
[F] But till you get there yourself, [G] _
you'll never really [C] know _ _
Where some have found their [Em] paradise, [Bm] others just [Am] come to harm
_ [C] Oh [F] Amelia, it [Bb] was just a false [F] alarm
I _ _
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_ [G] [C] wish that he was [G] here tonight
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[Eb] So hard to [Bb] obey his [C] sad request [Bm] of me [G] to kindly stay [C] away
_ _ So this is how I [Em] hide the hurt as the [Bm] road [Am] bleeds, cursed in charm
[G] I [F] tell Amelia, _ [Bb] it was just a false [F] alarm _ _ _
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[G] A [C] ghost of [G] aviation, [Bb] she was swallowed [Eb] [Bb] by the sky or [F] by the sea
[C] Like [G] me, she [Em] [G] had a [C] dream to fly
_ Like _ [Em] Icarus ascending [Bm] on beautiful [Am] foolish arms
_ [F] Oh Amelia, [Bb] it was just a [F] false alarm
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_ [G] [C] Maybe I've never [G] really loved
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I guess [Bb] that is the truth
[C] I've [Am] spent my [F] whole life [G] in clouds at icy [C] altitude
And _ looking down [Em] on everything, [Bm] I crashed into [Am] his arms
_ [C] _ [F] _ Amelia, [Bb] it was just a false alarm
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[G] [C] pulled into the Cactus [G] Tree Motel [Bb] to [Eb] shower off the [Bb] dust
And [C] I [F] slept on the [G] strange pillows of my [C] _ wanderlust
I dreamed of _ _ [Em] 747s [Bm] over geometric _
[Em] _ [Am] barns
[C] _ [F] Dreams, Amelia, [Bb] dreams and false [F] alarms
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