A                 D
Spent last winter playing in the sand
             A               D
With the prisoners of the motherland
  A              D            E
Damn hotel is feeling like a cell

           A          D
And even paradise can be so cruel
  A              D
Sitting by the swimming pool
  A                D
Trying to keep my head together
 A            D
In that hot Australian weather

  A                             D            E
Three days to kill and my per diem's getting low
          Bm
'Cause I spent all my money calling long distance

F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m

 Bm                     E                    A
Calling long distance, such a long way from home

F#m              E              F#m            E
Am I talking to long distance, can you put me through?
 F#m                            E
Twelve thousand miles but I've got no resistance
        D                        D                          A
Long distance, long distance, long distance, long distance

          A                   D
Now the Road Hog's face is turning red
   A            D
Larry's still asleep in bed
  A             D              E
Romeo he can't get no head at all
 A                       D
And the Doctor looks on so annoyed
 A                 D
You disappoint me, Mr. Boyd
            A                 D                E
And the Electric Dwarf wishes he was six foot tall

 Bm
Now Romeo's patience is wearing thin
  A          D
C'mon baby, let me in
       A                  D                       E
It's five a.m. and I've been creeping 'round the hall
  Bm
Got no resistance calling long distance

F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m

     Bm                       E                   A
You sound so close but your such a long way from home

 F#m              E             F#m               E
Am I talking to long distance, can you put me through?
  F#m                           E
Twelve thousand miles but I've got not resistance
   D                                 D                      A
Long distance, long distance, long distance, long distance

      Bm
Still no points for my merrymen
   A               D
Except Ricard, he just scored ten
      A                         D
Now Road Hog's getting drunk again
       A            D
And I only get to hold my pen
  A                D                E
Instead of what I love to hold the most

  Bm
I feel so lonesome I could cry
  A                 D
Count the hours as they roll by
 A
It's day time now
   D                 E
I think I'll make a call

  F#m                   E
Hello long distance, calling long distance

F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m

     Bm                        E                    A
You sound so close but you're such a long way from home
         E                   A
You're such a long way from home

  Bm                      F#m     A                        E
Have to admit I got no resistance to the red light on the wall
  Bm              F#m
The message said I had a call
     D                               A
Long distance, long distance, long distance, long distance