Hello In There - John Prine - 40 bpm

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 [G]We had an a[Bm]partment in the [C]city,[]
 [G]Me and Lo[Bm]retta liked living [C]there.[]
 [G]Well, it'd been [Bm]years since the [C]kids had grown,[]
A life [G]of their own []left [D7]us alone.[]

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

 [C]Ya' know that []old trees just grow [D7]stronger,[]
And old [C]rivers grow []wilder ev'ry [D7]day.[]
Old [Bm]people []just grow [C]lonesome[]
Waiting for [G]someone to say, []Hel[D7]lo in there, []
Hell[G - ]o[Bm - ][C][]
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 [G]Me and Lo[Bm]retta, we don't [C]talk much more,[]
 [G]She sits and [Bm]stares through the back door [C]screen.[]
 [G]And all the [Bm]news just re[C]peats itself[]
Like some for[G]gotten dream []that [D7]we've both seen.[]

 [G]Someday I'll [Bm]go and call up [C]Rudy,[]
 [G]We worked to[Bm]gether at the facto[C]ry.[]
 [G]But what could I [Bm]say if he [C]asks what's new[]
Nothing, [G]what's with you []Nothing [D7]much to do[::41::]


 [G]So if you're [Bm]walking down the [C]street sometime[]
 [G]And spot some [Bm]hollow ancient [C]eyes,[]
 [G]Please don't [Bm]just pass 'em [C]by and stare[]
As if you [G]didn't care, []say Hel[D7]lo in there[]
Hell[G - ]o[Bm - ][C][]
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