Hello In There chords by Joan Baez

Chords with lyrics

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

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


INTRO: Walk bass up from G+G to C majorC

C majorC    FF        G+G
Had an apartment in the city,
C majorC    FF         G+G
Me and Loretta liked living there.
E minorEm            FF
It?s been years since the kids have grown,
   C majorC           G+G
Lives of their own, left us alone.

C majorC    FF       G+G
John and Linda live in Omaha,
C majorC   FF        G+G
Joey?s somewhere on the road.
E minorEm         FF
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
      C majorC              G+G
Still don't know what for, don't matter anymore.


CHORUS:
  Bb majorBb            C majorC
You know old trees just grow stronger,
  Bb majorBb           C majorC
Old rivers grow wider every day.
  E minorEm            FF
But old people they just grow lonesome
      C majorC          G+G        C majorC
Waiting for someone to say, ?Hello in there, hello.?


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


C majorC      FF       G+G
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
C majorC      FF        G+G
We worked together at the factory.
E minorEm            FF
What?ll I tell him if he asks, ?What's new??
     C majorC            G+G
?Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do.?

CHORUS:
  Bb majorBb            C majorC
You know old trees just grow stronger,
  Bb majorBb           C majorC
Old rivers grow wider every day.
  E minorEm            FF
But old people they just grow lonesome
      C majorC          G+G        C majorC
Waiting for someone to say, ?Hello in there, hello.?


INSTRUMENTAL: Same as Verse (with pedal steel guitar)

C majorC      FF        G+G
So if you're walking down the street sometime
C majorC     FF       G+G
Spot some hollow ancient eyes,
E minorEm           FF
Please don't pass them by and stare
     C majorC           G+G        A minorAm
Like you didn't care, say, ?Hello in there, hello?
     G+G        C majorC