Hello In There

Capo 5


Intro: Walk bass up from G to C  

C       F               G  
Had an apartment in the city, 
C        F                  G  
Me and Loretta liked living there. 
Em                        F 
It’s been years since the kids have grown, 
      C                      G  
Lives of their own, left us alone. 

  
C        F             G  
John and Linda live in Omaha, 
C      F                G  
Joey’s somewhere on the road. 
Em                  F 
We lost Davy in the Korean war, 
            C                           G 
Still don't know what for, don't matter anymore. 


    Bb                       C 
You know old trees just grow stronger, 
    Bb                      C 
Old rivers grow wider every day. 
    Em                        F 
But old people they just grow lonesome 
            C                   G               C                    
Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in there, hello.” 


C        F              G  
Me and Loretta we don't talk much now, 
C            F                      G  
She sits and stares at the backdoor screen. 
Em                  F 
All the news just repeats itself 
             C                 G 
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen. 


C            F              G 
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy, 
C           F                G 
We worked together at the factory. 
Em                       F 
What’ll I tell him if he asks, “What's new?” 
          C                        G 
“Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do.” 



    Bb                       C 
You know old trees just grow stronger, 
    Bb                      C 
Old rivers grow wider every day. 
    Em                        F 
But old people they just grow lonesome 
            C                   G               C                    
Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in there, hello.” 


Instrumental: Same as Verse (with pedal steel guitar) 

C            F                G 
So if you're walking down the street sometime 
C         F              G  
Spot some hollow ancient eyes, 
Em                     F 
Please don't pass them by and stare 
         C                     G               Am 
Like you didn't care, say, “Hello in there, hello” 
         G               C 
Say, “Hello in there, hello”