Hello In There

INTRO: Walk bass up from G to C

C       F               G
Had an apartment in the city,
C        F                  G
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Em                        F
It’s been years since the kids have 
grown,
      C                      G
Lives of their own, left us alone.


C        F             G
John and Linda live in Omaha,
C      F                G
Joey’s somewhere on the road.
Em                  F
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
            C                   
Still don't know what for, don't 
        G
matter anymore.


CHORUS:
    Bb                      
You know old trees just grow 
 C
stronger,
    Bb                      C
Old rivers grow wider every day.
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    Em                       
But old people they just grow 
 F
lonesome
            C                   G 
Waiting for someone to say, “Hello
              C
 in there, hello.”


C        F              G
Me and Loretta we don't talk much 
now,
C            F                   
She sits and stares at the 
   G
backdoor screen.
Em                  F
All the news just repeats itself
             C                 G
Like some forgotten dream that we've
 both seen.


C            F              G
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
C           F                G
We worked together at the factory.
Em                       F
What’ll I tell him if he asks, 
“What's new?”
          C                        
“Nothing, what's with you? Nothing 
G
much to do.”



CHORUS:
    Bb                      
You know old trees just grow 
 C
stronger,
    Bb                      C
Old rivers grow wider every day.
    Em                       
But old people they just grow 
 F
lonesome
            C                   G 
Waiting for someone to say, “Hello
              C
 in there, hello.”


INSTRUMENTAL: Same as Verse (with 
pedal steel guitar)

C            F                G
So if you're walking down the street
 sometime
C         F              G
Spot some hollow ancient eyes,
Em                     F
Please don't pass them by and stare
         C                     G  
Like you didn't care, say, “Hello 
             Am
in there, hello”
         G               C
Say, “Hello in there, hello”