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[Intro]
 
  | G  Am | D7    |
  | G  Am | D7    |
  | Bm/D  | C     |
  | G     | D/F#  |
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
  G               Am              D7
     We had an apartment in the city,
  G             Am                 D7
     Me and Loretta liked living there.
 
  Bm/D                                C
     Well it's been years since the kids had grown,
         G                 D/F#
A life of their own left us alone.
 
 
  G            Am            D7
    John and Linda live in Omaha,
  G              Am               D7
    And Joe is somewhere on the road.
  Bm/D                    C
    We lost Davy in the Korean war,
                    G                          D/F#
And I still don't know what for don't matter anymore.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
  F                                     G
     Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,
          F                        G
And old rivers grow wilder every day.
  Bm/D                       C
      Old people just grow lonesome
              G              D/F#               G
Waiting for someone to say Hello in there, hello.
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
  | G  Am | D7    |
  | G  Am | D7    |
  | Bm/D  | C     |
  | G     | D/F#  |
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
  G              Am             D7
      Me and Loretta we don't talk much more,
  G                  Am                           D7
      She sits and stares through the back door screen.
  Bm/D                          C
      And all the news just repeats itself
               G                 D/F#
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen.
 
 
  G                 Am             D7
     Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
  G                Am                 D7
     We worked together at the factory.
  Bm/D                     C
     What could I say if asks What's new?
          G                        D/F#
Nothing what's with you? Nothing much to do.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
  F                                    G
    Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,
          F                        G
And old rivers grow wilder every day.
  Bm/D                      C
     Old people just grow lonesome
             G              D/F#               G
Waiting for someone to say Hello in there, hello.
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
  | G  Am | D7    |
  | G  Am | D7    |
  | Bm/D  | C     |
  | G     | D/F#  |
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
  G                 Am               D7
     So if you're walking down the street sometime
  G                 Am             D7
    And spot some hollow ancient eyes,
  Bm/D                             C
     Please don't just pass them by and stare
            G                D                 G
As if you didn't care, say Hello in there, hello