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Hello In There

John Prine
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
We  had an apartment  in the city,
Me  and Loretta  liked living there.
Well  its been years since the kids  had grown,
 A life of  their own left us  alone.
John  and Linda  live in Omaha,
And  Joe is somewhere  on the road.
We  lost Davy in the Korean  war,
 And I still don't know  what for don't matter anymore.
Ya  know that old trees just grow stronger,
 And old rivers  grow wilder every day.
 Old people  just grow lonesome
 Waiting for someone  to say Hello  in there, hello.
Me  and Loretta  we don't talk  much more,
She  sits and stares  through the back door screen.
And  all the news just repeats  itself
 Like some forgotten  dream that we've  both seen.
Someday I'll  go and call up Rudy,
We  worked together  at the factory.
But  what could I say if asks  What's new
 Nothing, what's  with you? Nothing much  to do.
 (Repeat Chorus)
So  if you're walking  down the street  sometime
And  spot some hollow  ancient eyes,
Please  don't just pass them by  and stare
 As if you didn't  care, say Hello  in there, hello
 Chords:
F
e|---3---|---0---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---2---|---1---|
B|---0---|---1---|---1---|---3---|---1---|---3---|---1---|
G|---0---|---2---|---2---|---4---|---0---|---2---|---2---|
D|---0---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---0---|---3---|
A|---2---|---0---|-------|-------|---3---|-------|---3---|
E|---3---|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---1---|

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Readable chord sheet for Hello In There by John Prine

[G]We had an [Am]apartment in the [D7]city,
[G]Me and Lo[Am]retta liked living [D7]there.
[Bm]Well its been years since the [C]kids had grown,
A life [G]of their own left [D]us alone.

[G]John and [Am]Linda live in [D7]Omaha,
[G]And Joe is [Am]somewhere on the [D7]road.
[Bm]We lost Davy in the [C]Korean war,
And I still don't [G]know what for don't matter [D]anymore.

[F]Ya know that old trees just grow [G]stronger,
And old [F]rivers grow wilder every [G]day.
Old [Bm]people just grow [C]lonesome
Waiting for [G]someone to say [D]Hello in there, [G]hello.

[G]Me and [Am]Loretta we don't [D7]talk much more,
[G]She sits and [Am]stares through the back door [D7]screen.
[Bm]And all the news just re[C]peats itself
Like some [G]forgotten dream that [D]we've both seen.

[G]Someday [Am]I'll go and call up [D7]Rudy,
[G]We worked to[Am]gether at the fac[D7]tory.
[Bm]But what could I say if [C]asks What's new
Nothing, [G]what's with you? Nothing [D]much to do.

(Repeat Chorus)

[G]So if you're [Am]walking down the [D7]street sometime
[G]And spot some [Am]hollow ancient [D7]eyes,
[Bm]Please don't just pass them [C]by and stare
As if you [G]didn't care, say [D]Hello in there, [G]hello

Chords:

     [G]       [Am]      [D7]      [Bm]      [C]       [D]       [F]
e|---3---|---0---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---2---|---1---|
B|---0---|---1---|---1---|---3---|---1---|---3---|---1---|
G|---0---|---2---|---2---|---4---|---0---|---2---|---2---|
D|---0---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---2---|---0---|---3---|
A|---2---|---0---|-------|-------|---3---|-------|---3---|
E|---3---|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---1---|

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