Hello In There - John Prine - 40 bpm

 
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We had an a
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partment in the 
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city

 
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Me and Lo
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retta liked living 
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there

 
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Well, it'd been 

years since the 
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kids had grown

A life 
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of their own 

left 
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us alone

 
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John and 
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Linda live in 
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Omaha 

And 
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Joe is 
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somewhere on the 
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road 

 
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We lost 

Davy in the Ko
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rean war 

I still don't 
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know what for, 

don't matter 
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anymore 

	
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Ya' know that 

old trees just grow 
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stronger 

	And old 
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rivers grow 

wilder ev'ry 
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day.

	Old 
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people 

just grow 
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lonesome

	Waiting for 
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someone to say, 

"Hel
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lo in there, 

	hel
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lo."
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Me and Lo
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retta, we don't 
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talk much more

 
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She sits and 
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stares through the back door 
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screen

 
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And all the 

news just re
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peats itself

Like some for
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gotten dream 

that we've 
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both seen

 
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Someday I'll g
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o and call up 
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Rudy

 
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We worked to
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gether at the factor
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y

 
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But what could I 

say if he 
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asks "What's new?"

"Nothing, 
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what's with you? 

Nothing 
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much to do"

repeat chorus

 
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So if you're 
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walking down the 
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street sometime

 
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And spot some 
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hollow ancient 
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eyes

 
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Please don't 

just pass 'em 
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by and stare

As if you 
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didn't care, 

say, "Hel
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lo in there, 

hel
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lo."
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