Hello in There - John Prine (E)

[Intro]
    
| E  F#m | B7    |
| E  F#m | B7    |
| G#m/B | A     |
| E     | B/D#  |
    
    
[Verse 1]
    
E               F#m               B7
        We had an apartment in the city,
E             F#m                B7
        Me and Loretta liked living there.
G#m/B                                A
        Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown,
        E                  B/D#
A life of their own, left us alone.
    
    
E                F#m           B7
        John and Linda live in Omaha,
E               F#m              B7
        And Joe is somewhere on the road.
G#m/B                      A
        We lost Davy in the Korean war,
                    E                            B/D#
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.
     
[Chorus]
            D                                     E
                Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,
            D                        E
            And old rivers grow wilder every day.
            G#m/B                      A
                Old people just grow lonesome
                E                 B/D#            E
            Waiting for someone to say Hello in there, hello.

[Instrumental]
| E  F#m | B7    |
| E  F#m | B7    |
| G#m/B | A     |
| E     | B/D#  |
    
[Verse 2]
E              F#m            B7
        Me and Loretta we don't talk much more,
E                  F#m                          B7
        She sits and stares through the back door screen.
G#m/B                         A
        And all the news just repeats itself
                E                 B/D#
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen.
    
E                 F#m            B7
        Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
E                F#m                B7
        We worked together at the factory.
G#m/B                       A
        What could I say if he asks What's new?
                E                 B/D#
Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do.
    
    
[Chorus]    
    
[Verse 3]
    
E                 F#m              B7
        So if you're walking down the street sometime
E                 F#m            B7
    And spot some hollow ancient eyes,
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        Please don't just pass them by and stare
            E                   B               E
As if you didn't care, say Hello in there, hello
        

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