Hello In There chords by Joan Baez

CAPO 5th Fret to match recording,
or place Capo where it suits your voice.

* NOTE: If a line ends in a G Chord and is followed by either *
* a C or Em, the bass is Walked Up, same as the Intro *


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.


CHORUS:
  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.?



CHORUS:
  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