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Joni Mitchell - Amelia chords
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Artist: Joni Mitchell Song: Amelia Album: Hejira Tabbed by: Wiktor Kołowiecki E-mail: victoriumist@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Note: I know these aren't the exact exotic chords of Joni, but at least you can play it in a standard tuning, enjoy! ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/joni-mitchell/362183.html ] 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 ------------------------------- 24.07.2013 Lublin, Poland  |