Calling america

Elo

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Spatie = start/stop · ↓↑ = sneller/langzamer

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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.

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van Calling America van Elo op Gitaartabs. Dit pop-nummer is perfect voor beginners die hun eerste akkoorden willen oefenen en meteen een volledig nummer willen spelen.

Met een beginner-niveau (1 van 10) en een eenvoudige akkoordreeks — D, A, Bm, G en F# — bouw je snel vertrouwen op. Het format bestaat uit akkoorden die je direct kunt toepassen. Pak je gitaar en begin vandaag nog met het meespelen van dit toegankelijke pop-nummer.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the barre chord Bm
Bm is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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2
Practise the change: Bm ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.