Hello In There

John Prine

  • Bb
  • C
  • Cmaj7
  • Csus
  • Dm
  • Em
  • F
  • G
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Key: 
|C Dm | G  |

|C Dm | G  |

|Cmaj7| F  |

|C    | G  |

[Verse 1]

C            Dm            G
We had an apartment in the city,

C        Dm                  G
Me and Loretta liked living there.

Cmaj7            C          F
It'd been years since the kids had 
grown,

       Csus   C                G
A life of their own and left us 
alone.

C         Dm             G
John and Linda live in Omaha,

C           Dm               G
And Joe is somewhere on the road.

Cmaj7                F
We lost Davy in the Korean war,

                 Csus  C          
And still don't know what for, 

            G
don't matter anymore.

[Chorus 1]

Bb                        
Ya know old trees just grow 

    C
stronger,

Bb                            C
And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry 
day.

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Em                     F
Old people just grow lonesome

              Csus             G  
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello

              C*
 in there, hello."

[Instrumental]

|C Dm | G  |

|C Dm | G  |

|Cmaj7| F  |

|C    | G  |

[Verse 2]

C         Dm              G
Me and Loretta, we don't talk much 
more,

C             Dm                 
She sits and stares through the 

         G
back door screen.

Cmaj7        C           F
And all the news just repeats itself

       Csus   C                G
Like some forgotten dream that we've
 both seen.

C            Dm             G
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,

C           Dm                  G
We worked together at the factory.

Cmaj7                    F
But what could I say if asks, 
"What's new?"

Csus  C                          
Nothing, what's with you?  

   G
Nothing much to do.

[Chorus 1]

Bb                        
Ya know old trees just grow 

    C
stronger,

Bb                            C
And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry 
day.

Em                     F
Old people just grow lonesome

              Csus             G  
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello

              C*
 in there, hello."

[Instrumental]

|C Dm | G  |

|C Dm | G  |

|Cmaj7| F  |

|C    | G  |

[Verse 3]

C             Dm               G
So if you're walking down the street
 sometime

C              Dm            G
And spot some hollow ancient eyes,

Cmaj7             C             
Oh, please don't just pass 'em by 

F
and stare

          Csus   C           G   
As if you didn't care, say, 

                C*
"Hello in there, hello."
Song details

Composition: John Prine

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