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Calling America chords by Electric Light Orchestra (Official Version)

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • F#/Bb

    4
  • Em

  • C

  • D/A

    2
  • A7

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Verse 1
Somebody
(D major) told her that there was a place (A major) like heaven
(B minor) Across the water on a (G major) 747
(D major) Yeah, we're living in
(B minor) In a (A major) modern world (D major) (B minor) (A major)
(D major) And pretty soon she's really (A major)
got the notion
(B minor) Of flying out across the (G major) big blue ocean
(D major) Yeah, we're living in (B minor)
In a (A major) modern world (D major) (B minor) (G major) (A major)
Pre-chorus 1
(F sharp/Bb) Talk is cheap on (B minor) satellite
But (G major) all I get is (E minor) (static) (C major)
(F sharp/Bb) Infor mation (B minor)
(F sharp/Bb) I'm still here (B minor)
re- (G major) dial on auto (D/A) ma tic (A major)

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Chorus 1
Calling A (D major) merica
(can't get a (G major) message through)
Calling A (D major) merica
(that's what she (A major) said to do)
Calling A (D major) merica
(that's where she (G major) has to be)
Calling A (D major) merica (she left a (A major) number for me)
Calling America (A7)
Verse 2
But I'm just (D major) talking to a satellite (A major)
(B minor) Twenty thousand miles
up in the (G major) sky each night
(D major) Yeah, we're living in
(B minor) In a (A major) modern world (D major) (B minor) (A major)
All I (D major) had to do was pick up the phone (A major)
(B minor) I'm out in space, trying to (G major) talk to someone
(D major) Yeah, we're living in
(B minor) In a (A major) modern world (D major) (B minor) (G major) (A major)
Pre-chorus 2
She (F sharp/Bb) left a number I (B minor) could call
But (G major) no one's there, no (E minor) one at (C major) all
There (F sharp/Bb) must be (B minor) something
(F sharp/Bb) going (B minor) wrong
That (G major) number just rings (D/A) on and on (A major)
Chorus 2
Calling A (D major) merica
(can't get a (G major) message through)
Calling A (D major) merica
(that's what she (A major) said to do)
Calling A (D major) merica
(that's where she (G major) has to be)
Calling A (D major) merica (she left a (A major) number for me)
Calling America (A7)
Interlude 1
(D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major)
(D major) (B minor) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (A major)
Verse 3
Said she'd (D major) call
when she'd been gone a while (A major)
(B minor) Guess she's missing me
across (G major) the miles
(D major) Yeah, we're living in (B minor)
In a (A major) modern world (D major) (A major)
Chorus 3
Calling A (D major) merica
(can't get a (G major) message through)
Calling A (D major) merica
(that's what she (A major) said to do)
Calling A (D major) merica
(that's where she (G major) has to be)
Calling A (D major) merica (she left a (A major) number for me)
(A7) (A7)
Outro 1
Calling A (D major) merica
(G major) Calling A (D major) merica
(A major) Calling A (D major) merica
(G major) Calling A (D major) merica (A major)
[Repeat and fade]
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