JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Penyanyi dan penulis lagu asal Kanada, Joni Mitchell, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Amelia”.
Lagu bergenre folk tersebut dirilis pada 1976 melalui label rekaman Asylum Records.
“Amelia” muncul dalam album studionya yang bertajuk Hejira.
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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