Calling America by Electric Light Orchestra #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: chris.gaasch@co.hennepin.mn.us (Chris Gaasch) Subject: CRD: 'Calling America' by Electric Light Orchestra Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 07:41:30 -0500 Calling America Electric Light Orchestra from "Balance of Power" 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): 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=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... www.TAB6.com