Electric Light Orchestra
Verse:
Somebody [D]told her that there was a [A]place like heaven20
[Bm]Across the water on a [G]seven-fortyseven20
[D]Yeah, we're living[Bm] in a [A]modern [D]world.[Bm][A]
[D]And pretty soon she's really [A]got the notion20
Of [Bm]flying out across the [G]big blue ocean20
[D]Yeah, we're living[Bm] in a [A]modern [D]wo[(D-Bm-G-A)]rld.
Pre-Chorus:
[F#]Talk is cheap on [Bm]satellite20
But [G]all I get is [Em]sta[C]tic20
[F#]Infor[Bm]mation, [F#]I'm still [Bm]here20
Re-[G]dial on auto[A]matic.
Chorus:20
Calling Am[D]erica (can't get a me[G]ssage through)20
Calling Am[D]erica (that's what she sa[A]id to do)20
Calling Am[D]erica (that's where she ha[G]s to be)20
Calling Am[D]erica (she left a nu[A]mber for me)20
Calling Am[A]erica.
Verse:
But I'm just talking to a satellite20
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night20
Yeah, we're living in a modern world.
All I had to do was pick up the phone20
I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone20
[D]Yeah, we're living[Bm] in a [A]modern [D]worl[(D-C#m)]d.
Pre-Chorus:
She left a number I could call20
But no one's there, no one at all20
There must be something going wrong20
That number just rings on and on.
Chorus:20
Calling America (can't get a message through)20
Calling America (that's what she said to do)20
Calling America (that's where she has to be)20
Calling America (she left a number for me)20
Calling America.
Solo (over verse chords):
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D|--------4--|-2---4--2--|-0-2-4-----|--------|--------4--|-0---0---|-0--
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Verse:
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while20
Guess she's missing me across the miles20
Yeah, we're living in a modern world.
Chorus:20
Calling America (can't get a message through)20
Calling America (that's what she said to do)20
Calling America (that's where she has to be)20
Calling America (she left a number for me)20
Calling America.
Calling America, Calling America20
Calling America, Calling America...
Verse:
Somebody [D]told her that there was a [A]place like heaven20
[Bm]Across the water on a [G]seven-fortyseven20
[D]Yeah, we're living[Bm] in a [A]modern [D]world.[Bm][A]
[D]And pretty soon she's really [A]got the notion20
Of [Bm]flying out across the [G]big blue ocean20
[D]Yeah, we're living[Bm] in a [A]modern [D]wo[(D-Bm-G-A)]rld.
Pre-Chorus:
[F#]Talk is cheap on [Bm]satellite20
But [G]all I get is [Em]sta[C]tic20
[F#]Infor[Bm]mation, [F#]I'm still [Bm]here20
Re-[G]dial on auto[A]matic.
Chorus:20
Calling Am[D]erica (can't get a me[G]ssage through)20
Calling Am[D]erica (that's what she sa[A]id to do)20
Calling Am[D]erica (that's where she ha[G]s to be)20
Calling Am[D]erica (she left a nu[A]mber for me)20
Calling Am[A]erica.
Verse:
But I'm just talking to a satellite20
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night20
Yeah, we're living in a modern world.
All I had to do was pick up the phone20
I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone20
[D]Yeah, we're living[Bm] in a [A]modern [D]worl[(D-C#m)]d.
Pre-Chorus:
She left a number I could call20
But no one's there, no one at all20
There must be something going wrong20
That number just rings on and on.
Chorus:20
Calling America (can't get a message through)20
Calling America (that's what she said to do)20
Calling America (that's where she has to be)20
Calling America (she left a number for me)20
Calling America.
Solo (over verse chords):
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B|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|---------|----
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G|-2---0-----|-----------|-----------|--------|-2---0-----|---------|----
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D|--------4--|-2---4--2--|-0-2-4-----|--------|--------4--|-0---0---|-0--
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A|-----------|-----------|--------2--|-2------|-----------|---------|----
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E|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|-----------|---------|----
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Verse:
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while20
Guess she's missing me across the miles20
Yeah, we're living in a modern world.
Chorus:20
Calling America (can't get a message through)20
Calling America (that's what she said to do)20
Calling America (that's where she has to be)20
Calling America (she left a number for me)20
Calling America.
Calling America, Calling America20
Calling America, Calling America...