Chords for ELO(12/15) - Calling America w/lyrics

Tempo:
126.4 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

Bm

G

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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ELO(12/15) - Calling America w/lyrics chords
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[Bm]
[A] [D] Somebody told her that there [A] was a place like [Bm] heaven
Across the water [G] on 747
[D] Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [A] a modern [D] world
[Bm] [A]
[D] Pretty soon she [A] really got the [Bm] notion
Of flying out [G] across the big blue [D] ocean
Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [D] a modern [Bm] world
[G] [A]
[Bb] The toughest cheap [Bm]-ass satellite
[G] All I get [Em] is
[C]
[Bb] [Bm] Information
[Bb] I'm [Bm] still here, [G] be that or not
[D]
Calling America
[G] Can't get a message through [D] Calling America
[A] That's what she said to do [D] Calling America
[G] That's what she has to be [D] Calling America
[A] She's a number for me Calling America
But [D] I'm just talking to a [A] satellite
[Bm] Twenty thousand miles [G] up in the sky each [D] night
Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [A] a modern [D] world
[Bm] [A]
[D] All I have to do is pick [A] up the phone
[Bm] I'm out in space [G] trying to talk to someone
[D] Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [A] a modern [D] world
[Bm] [G] [A]
[Bb] She left the [B] number I could call
[G] But no one's there [Em] No [C] one
Must [Bb] [Bm] be [Bb] something [Bm] going [G] wrong
That number just [A] rings on and [D] on
Can't [G] get a message through [D] Calling America
That's [A] what she said to do [D] Calling America
That's [G] what she has to be [D] Calling America
She [A] left the number for
[D] [A] me
[Bm] [G] Said
[D] [Bm] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[D] she'd call when she'd been gone a [A] while
[Bm] Guess she's missing [G] me across the [D] mile
Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [A] a modern [D] world
[A]
[D] Calling America
Can't [G] get a message through [D] Calling America
That's [A] what she said to do [D] Calling America
That's [G] what she has to be [D] Calling America
She [A] left the number for me
[D] Calling America
[G]
Calling [D] America
[A] Calling [D] America
[G]
Calling [D] America
[A] [D] [G]
[D] [A]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
Bm
13421112
G
2131
Bb
12341111
D
1321
A
1231
Bm
13421112
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To learn Electric Light Orchestra - Calling America chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - A, D, G, D, Bm and G in sequence. Begin your practice at a relaxed 63 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 126. Considering the song's key of Eb Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] [D] Somebody told her that there [A] was a place like [Bm] heaven
Across the water [G] on _ 747
[D] _ Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [A] a modern [D] _ _ world
[Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ Pretty soon she [A] really got the [Bm] notion
Of flying out [G] across the big blue [D] ocean
Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [D] a modern _ [Bm] world
_ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bb] The toughest cheap [Bm]-ass _ satellite
[G] All I get [Em] is
_ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Bm] Information
[Bb] I'm [Bm] still here, [G] be that or not
[D] _ _ _
Calling America
[G] Can't get a message through [D] Calling America
[A] That's what she said to do [D] Calling America
_ [G] That's what she has to be [D] Calling America
[A] She's a number for me Calling America _ _ _ _
But [D] I'm just talking to a [A] satellite _ _
_ [Bm] Twenty thousand miles [G] up in the sky each [D] night
Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [A] a modern [D] _ _ world
[Bm] _ _ [A] _
[D] All I have to do is pick [A] up the phone _
_ [Bm] I'm out in space [G] trying to talk to someone
[D] _ Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [A] a modern [D] world
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[Bb] She left the [B] number I could call
[G] But no one's there [Em] No [C] one
Must _ [Bb] [Bm] be [Bb] something [Bm] going [G] wrong
That number just [A] rings on and [D] on
_ _ Can't [G] get a message through [D] Calling America
That's [A] what she said to do [D] Calling America
That's [G] what she has to be [D] Calling America
She [A] left the number for
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] me _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] Said _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[D] she'd call when she'd been gone a [A] while _ _
_ [Bm] _ Guess she's missing [G] me across the [D] mile
Yeah, we're living [Bm] in [A] a modern [D] world
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] Calling America
Can't [G] get a message through [D] Calling America
That's [A] what she said to do [D] Calling America
That's [G] what she has to be [D] Calling America
She [A] left the number for me
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Calling America
_ _ [G] _ _
Calling [D] _ America
_ [A] Calling _ _ [D] _ America
_ [G] _ _
Calling [D] America
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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