Electric Light Orchestra, Calling America (1986)
^{Key: :[D] (w: Jeff Lynne)}

VERSE 1:
Somebody [D] told her that there was a [A] place like heaven
[Bm] Across the water on a [G] seven-forty-seven
[D] Yeah, we're living in
^[Bm] In a ^[A] modern [D] world ^[Bm]^[A]

VERSE 2:
[D] And pretty soon she's really [A] got the notion
Of [Bm] flying out across the [G] big blue ocean
[D] Yeah, we're living in
^[Bm] In a ^[A] modern ^[D] world ^[Bm]^[G]^[A]

PRE-CHORUS 1:
[F#] Talk is cheap on [Bm] satellite
But [G] all I get is ^[Em] (stat-^[C]-ic)
[F#] Infor-[Bm]-mation, [F#] I'm still [Bm] here
Re-[G]-dial on auto-[A]-matic

CHORUS:
(Calling A-[D]-merica) Can't get a [G] message through
(Calling A-[D]-merica) That's what she [A] said to do
(Calling A-[D]-merica) That's where she [G] has to be
(Calling A-[D]-merica) She left a [A] number for me
(Calling A-[A]-merica) [A]

VERSE 3:
But I'm just [D] talking to a satel-[A]-lite
[Bm] Twenty thousand miles up in the [G] sky each night
[D] Yeah, we're living in
^[Bm] In a ^[A] modern [D] world ^[Bm]^[A]

VERSE 4:
All I [D] had to do was pick up the [A] phone
[Bm] I'm out in space, trying to [G] talk to someone
[D] Yeah, we're living in
^[Bm] In a ^[A] modern ^[D] world ^[Bm]^[G]^[A]

PRE-CHORUS 2:
She [F#] left a number [Bm] I could call
But [G] no one's there, no ^[Em] one at ^[C] all
There [F#] must be [Bm] something [F#] going [Bm] wrong
That [G] number just rings [A] on and on

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE 1]

VERSE 5:
Said she'd [D] call when she'd been gone a [A] while
[Bm] Guess she's missing me a-[G]-cross the miles
[D] Yeah, we're living in
^[Bm] In a ^[A] modern ^[D] world ^[Bm]^[G]^[A]

REPEAT CHORUS:

OUTRO:
(Calling A-[D]-merica [G])
(Calling A-[D]-merica [A])
(Calling A-[D]-merica [G])
(Calling A-[D]-merica [A])