Hello In There
John Prine (1971)
Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
Intro
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] | [Cmaj7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] We had an a- | [Dm] partment in the | [G] city | [G] |
| [C] Me and Lo- | [Dm] retta liked livin' | [G] there | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] Well it's been | years, since the | [F] kids had grown | [F]
A life | [C] of their own | [C]
Left | [G] us alone | [G]
| [C] John and | [Dm] Linda live in | [G] Omaha | [G] |
| [C] And Joe is | [Dm] somewhere on the | [G] road | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] We lost | Davy in the Ko- | [F] rean war | [F]
And I still don't | [C] know what for | [C]
Don't matter | [G] anymore | [G]
Chorus
| [Bb] You know that | old trees just grow | [C] stronger | [C]
And old | [Bb] rivers, grow | wilder every | [C] day | [C]
| [Em] Old | people just grow | [F] lonesome | [F]
Waitin' for | [C] someone to say | [C]
Hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
Instrumental
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] | [Cmaj7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] Me and Lo- | [Dm] retta, we don't | [G] talk much more | [G]
| [C] She sits and | [Dm] stares through the backdoor | [G] screen | [G]
| [Cmaj7] And all the | news just re- | [F] peats itself | [F]
Like some for- | [C] gotten dream | [C]
That | [G] we've both seen | [G]
| [C] Someday I'll | [Dm] go and call up | [G] Rudy | [G]
| [C] We worked to- | [Dm] gether at the facto- | [G] ry | [G]
| [Cmaj7] But what could I | say, if he | [F] asks what's new? | [F]
"Nothin' | [C] what's with you | [C]
Nothin' | [G] much to do" | [G]
Chorus
| [Bb] You know that | old trees just grow | [C] stronger | [C]
And old | [Bb] rivers, grow | wilder every | [C] day | [C]
| [Em] Old | people just grow | [F] lonesome | [F]
Waitin' for | [C] someone to say | [C]
Hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
| [C] So if you're | [Dm] walkin' down the | [G] street sometime | [G]
| [C] And spot some | [Dm] hollow ancient | [G] eyes | [G]
| [Cmaj7] Please don't | just, pass them | [F] by and stare | [F]
As if you | [C] didn't care | [C]
Say hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 10/04/20 JJ
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John Prine (1971)
Carter Picking
4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
Intro
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] | [Cmaj7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] We had an a- | [Dm] partment in the | [G] city | [G] |
| [C] Me and Lo- | [Dm] retta liked livin' | [G] there | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] Well it's been | years, since the | [F] kids had grown | [F]
A life | [C] of their own | [C]
Left | [G] us alone | [G]
| [C] John and | [Dm] Linda live in | [G] Omaha | [G] |
| [C] And Joe is | [Dm] somewhere on the | [G] road | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] We lost | Davy in the Ko- | [F] rean war | [F]
And I still don't | [C] know what for | [C]
Don't matter | [G] anymore | [G]
Chorus
| [Bb] You know that | old trees just grow | [C] stronger | [C]
And old | [Bb] rivers, grow | wilder every | [C] day | [C]
| [Em] Old | people just grow | [F] lonesome | [F]
Waitin' for | [C] someone to say | [C]
Hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
Instrumental
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] | [Dm] | [G] | [G] |
| [Cmaj7] | [Cmaj7] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [C] Me and Lo- | [Dm] retta, we don't | [G] talk much more | [G]
| [C] She sits and | [Dm] stares through the backdoor | [G] screen | [G]
| [Cmaj7] And all the | news just re- | [F] peats itself | [F]
Like some for- | [C] gotten dream | [C]
That | [G] we've both seen | [G]
| [C] Someday I'll | [Dm] go and call up | [G] Rudy | [G]
| [C] We worked to- | [Dm] gether at the facto- | [G] ry | [G]
| [Cmaj7] But what could I | say, if he | [F] asks what's new? | [F]
"Nothin' | [C] what's with you | [C]
Nothin' | [G] much to do" | [G]
Chorus
| [Bb] You know that | old trees just grow | [C] stronger | [C]
And old | [Bb] rivers, grow | wilder every | [C] day | [C]
| [Em] Old | people just grow | [F] lonesome | [F]
Waitin' for | [C] someone to say | [C]
Hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
| [C] So if you're | [Dm] walkin' down the | [G] street sometime | [G]
| [C] And spot some | [Dm] hollow ancient | [G] eyes | [G]
| [Cmaj7] Please don't | just, pass them | [F] by and stare | [F]
As if you | [C] didn't care | [C]
Say hel- | [G] lo in there... | ... hel- | [C↓] lo...
#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 10/04/20 JJ
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