Verse:
D A
Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven
Bm G
Across the water on a seven-fortyseven
D Bm A D Bm A
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
D A
And pretty soon she’s really got the notion
Bm G
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
D Bm A D (D – Bm – G – A)
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
Pre-Chorus:
F# Bm
Talk is cheap on satellite
G Em C
But all I get is static
F# Bm F# Bm
Information, I’m still here
G A
Re-dial on automatic.
Chorus:=20
D G
Calling America (can’t get a message through)
D A
Calling America (that’s what she said to do)
D G
Calling America (that’s where she has to be)
D A
Calling America (she left a number for me)
A
Calling America.
Verse:
But I’m just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
All I had to do was pick up the phone
I’m out in space, trying to talk to someone
D Bm A D (D – C#m)
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
Pre-Chorus:
She left a number I could call
But no one’s there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on.
Chorus:=20
Calling America (can’t get a message through)
Calling America (that’s what she said to do)
Calling America (that’s where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America.
Solo (over verse chords):
e |———–|———–|———–|——–|———–|———|——=
B |———–|———–|———–|——–|———–|———|——=
G |-2—0—–|———–|———–|——–|-2—0—–|———|——=
D |——–4–|-2—4–2–|-0-2-4—–|——–|——–4–|-0—0—|-0—-=
A |———–|———–|——–2–|-2——|———–|———|——=
E |———–|———–|———–|——–|———–|———|——=
D A
Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven
Bm G
Across the water on a seven-fortyseven
D Bm A D Bm A
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
D A
And pretty soon she’s really got the notion
Bm G
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
D Bm A D (D – Bm – G – A)
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
Pre-Chorus:
F# Bm
Talk is cheap on satellite
G Em C
But all I get is static
F# Bm F# Bm
Information, I’m still here
G A
Re-dial on automatic.
Chorus:=20
D G
Calling America (can’t get a message through)
D A
Calling America (that’s what she said to do)
D G
Calling America (that’s where she has to be)
D A
Calling America (she left a number for me)
A
Calling America.
Verse:
But I’m just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
All I had to do was pick up the phone
I’m out in space, trying to talk to someone
D Bm A D (D – C#m)
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
Pre-Chorus:
She left a number I could call
But no one’s there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on.
Chorus:=20
Calling America (can’t get a message through)
Calling America (that’s what she said to do)
Calling America (that’s where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America.
Solo (over verse chords):
e |———–|———–|———–|——–|———–|———|——=
B |———–|———–|———–|——–|———–|———|——=
G |-2—0—–|———–|———–|——–|-2—0—–|———|——=
D |——–4–|-2—4–2–|-0-2-4—–|——–|——–4–|-0—0—|-0—-=
A |———–|———–|——–2–|-2——|———–|———|——=
E |———–|———–|———–|——–|———–|———|——=
Verse:
Said she’d call when she’d been gone a while
Guess she’s missing me across the miles
Yeah, we’re living in a modern world.
Chorus:=20
Calling America (can’t get a message through)
Calling America (that’s what she said to do)
Calling America (that’s where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America.
Calling America, Calling America
Calling America, Calling America…
