Amelia Chords
Amelia by Joni Mitchell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords F, G, C, Bb, Bm, G4 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
F G G C-F Bb
G
I was driving across the burning desert
Bb
When I spotted six jet planes
C Bm G G4 G
Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain
C G
It was the hexagram of the heavens
Bm Am G
it was the strings of my guitar
F Bb F
Amelia it was just a false alarm
F G G C-F Bb
G
The drone of flying engines
Bb
Is a song so wild and blue
C Bm G G4 G
It scrambles time and seasons if it gets thru to you
C G
Then your life becomes a travelogue
Bm Am G
Of picture post card charms
F Bb F
Amelia it was just a false alarm
F G G C-F Bb
G
People will tell you where they've gone
Bb
They'll tell you where to go
C Bm G G4 G
But till you get there yourself you never really know
C G
Where some have found their paradise
Bm Am G
Other's just come to harm
F Bb F
Oh, Amelia it was just a false alarm
F G G C-F Bb
G
I wish that he was here tonight
Bb
It's so hard to obey
C Bm G G4 G
His sad request of me to kindly stay away
C G
So this is how I hide the hurt
Bm Am G
As the road leads cursed and charmed
F Bb F
I tell Amelia it was just a false alarm
F G G C-F Bb
A ghost of aviation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea like me she had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish arms
Amelia it was just a false alarm
Maybe I've never really loved
I guess that is the truth
I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude
And looking down on everything
I crashed into his arms
Amelia it was just a false alarm
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
Over geometric farms
Dreams Amelia - dreams and false alarms