Chords for John Prine- "Hello In There"- The Singing Mailman Delivers

_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ It's about old people, _ [G] _
over 80. _ _ _ _ _
_ We had an [Dm] apartment [G] in the city, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and me and [Dm] Loretta liked [G] living there. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Well, it'd been _ years since [F] the kids had grown _ a _ [C] life of their own _ and [G] left us alone.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ John and [Dm] Linda live in Omaha, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
and Joe [Dm] is somewhere on the [G]
road.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ We lost Davy in the [F] Korean War, _ _ and I still [C] don't know what for.
_ Don't matter [G]
anymore.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
You know that old trees just [C] grow stronger, _ _ _ and [Bb] old rivers _ grow wilder every [C] _
_ _ day. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ Old people just [F] grow lonesome, _ _ waiting [C] for someone to say,
_ _ _ [G]
hello in _ _ _ _ [C] their_ Hello. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Me and [Dm] Loretta, [G] we don't talk much more. _ _ _ _ _
She sits and [Dm] stares through the back door screen,
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ and all the news just [F]
repeats itself,
_ like some [C]
forgotten dream _ _ _ [G] that we've both seen.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ Someday [Dm] I'll go and [G] call up Rudy.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] We work together [Dm] at the factory.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ But what could I say [F] if he asked what's new?
_ _ _ [C] Nothing what's with you.
_ _ _ _ [G] Nothing much to do. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] You know that old trees just [C] grow stronger, _ _ _ and [Bb] old rivers grow wilder every [Cm] _ day. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ Old people just [F] grow lonesome, _ _ _ waiting [C] for someone to say,
_ _ _ [G]
hello in _ _ [G] _ their_
[C] _ Hello. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ So if you're [Dm]
walking down the street sometime, _ _
_ _ [C] _ and spot some [Dm] hollow ancient [G] eyes, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] please don't just pass them [F] by and stare, _ _ _
as if [C] you didn't care. _ _ _
Say [G] hello in _ _ _ _ their_ Hello. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ I'm [B] stuck. _
_ [G] _ _ _ Oh, thank you.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Thought maybe she wouldn't hear you.
[G] That's it. _ _ _ _ _