Transcribed by Chris Gaasch



Verse:

         D                         A

Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven=20

Bm                    G

Across the water on a seven-fortyseven=20

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=20

   Bm                    G

Of flying out across the big blue ocean=20

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=20

    G            Em C

But all I get is static=20

F#   Bm      F#        Bm

Information, I'm still here=20

   G           A

Re-dial on automatic.



Chorus:=20

                D                    G

      Calling America (can't get a message through)=20

                D                        A

      Calling America (that's what she said to do)=20

                D                         G

      Calling America (that's where she has to be)=20

                D                   A

      Calling America (she left a number for me)=20

                A

      Calling America.



Verse:

But I'm just talking to a satellite=20

Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night=20

Yeah, we're living in a modern world.

All I had to do was pick up the phone=20

I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone=20

D                 Bm    A      D   (D-C#m)

Yeah, we're living in a modern world.



Pre-Chorus:

She left a number I could call=20

But no one's there, no one at all=20

There must be something going wrong=20

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 while=20

Guess she's missing me across the miles=20

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 America=20

      Calling America, Calling America...