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[Verse 1]
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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]
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[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]
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[Verse 3]
G
People will tell you where they've gone
Bb
They'll tell you where to go
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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]
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[Verse 4]
G
I wish that he was here tonight
Bb
It's so hard to obey
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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]
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[Verse 5]
G
A ghost of aviation
Bb
She was swallowed by the sky
          C
Or by the sea 
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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]
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[Verse 6]
G
Maybe I've never really loved
Bb
I guess that is the truth
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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]
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[Verse 7]
G
I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
Bb
To shower off the dust
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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