C Dm G G7
We had an a-partment in the city
C Dm G G7
Me and Lo-retta liked living there
Cmaj7 F
Well it's been years since the kids have grown
C G
A life of their own and left us alone
C Dm G G7
We had an a-partment in the city
C Dm G G7
Me and Lo-retta liked living there
Cmaj7 F
Well it's been years since the kids have grown
C G
A life of their own and left us alone
C Dm G G7
John and Linda live in Omaha
C Dm G G7
And Joe is some-where on the road
Cmaj7 F
We lost Davy in the Ko-rean war
C G
And still don't know what for, it don't matter any more
Bb C
You know that old trees just grow stronger
Bb C
Old rivers grow wilder every day
Em F
Old people just grow lonesome
C G C
Waiting for some-one to say hel-lo in there, hel-lo
C Dm G G7
We had an a-partment in the city
C Dm G G7
Me and Lo-retta liked living there
Cmaj7 F
Well it's been years since the kids have grown
C G
A life of their own and left us alone
C Dm G G7
Me and Lo-retta we don't talk much more
C Dm G G7
She sits and stares through the back door screen
Cmaj7 F
And all the news just re-peats itself
C G
Like some for-gotten dream that we've both seen
C Dm G G7
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
C Dm G G7
We worked to-gether at the factory
Cmaj7 F
But what could I say if he asks what's new
C G
Nothing what's with you, nothing much to do
Bb C
You know that old trees just grow stronger
Bb C
Old rivers grow wilder every day
Em F
Old people just grow lonesome
C G C
Waiting for some-one to say hel-lo in there, hel-lo
C Dm G G7
So if you're out walking down the street sometime
C Dm G G7
And spot some hollow ancient eyes
Cmaj7 F
Please don't just pass them by and stare
C G C
As if you didn't care say hel-lo in there, hel-lo
