Lagu bergenre folk tersebut dirilis pada 1976 melalui label rekaman Asylum Records.
“Amelia” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk Hejira.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Amelia” dari Joni Mitchell:
[Intro]
F G G C F Bb
[Verse 1]
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 Em
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
[Instrumental]
F G G C F Bb
[Verse 2]
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 Em
Then your life becomes a travelogue
Bm Am G
Of picture post card charms
F Bb F
Amelia it was just a false alarm
[Instrumental]
F G G C F Bb
[Verse 3]
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 Em
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
[Instrumental]
F G G C F Bb
[Verse 4]
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 Em
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
[Instrumental]
F G G C F Bb
[Verse 5]
G
A ghost of aviation
Bb
She was swallowed by the sky
C
Or by the sea
Bm G G4 G
Like me she had a dream to fly
C Em
Like Icarus ascending
Bm Am G
On beautiful foolish arms
F Bb F
Amelia it was just a false alarm
[Instrumental]
F G G C F Bb
[Verse 6]
G
Maybe I've never really loved
Bb
I guess that is the truth
C Bm G G4 G
I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitudes
C Em
And looking down on everything
Bm Am G
I crashed into his arms
F Bb F
Amelia it was just a false alarm
[Instrumental]
F G G C F Bb
[Verse 7]
G
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
Bb
To shower off the dust
C Bm G G4 G
And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust
C Em
I dreamed of 747s
Bm Am G
Over geometric farms
F Bb F
Dreams Amelia - dreams and false alarms
[Instrumental]
F G G C F
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