Chords for For John Prine

_ _ _ I want to sing a song for John Prine, who is a friend and a fellow singer-songwriter,
_ and his wife Fiona. _
John is in critical _ condition on a ventilator _ from COVID-19, and his wife has also been tested positive.
_ _ John, the song that I've sung of yours _ has been one of the most requested songs in my
repertoire for over 40 years.
So let me sing it to you, along with _ my best wishes and [Bb] prayers. _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Fm] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _
Had an [Ab] apartment _ [Bb] in the city, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
me and [Ab] a red [Bb] light living there. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ It's been years since the [Ab] kitchen broke, _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] life of the road, _
_ _ _ [Bb] lack of love. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] John and Lynn got [Bb] laid in Omaha, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Joey's [Ab] somewhere _ [Bb] on the road.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
We lost _ Davey in the cream, [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] so [Eb] don't know a book, _ _ don't [Bb] matter anymore.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Old [Db]
trees _ _ just grow [Eb] _ stronger, _ _ _ _ [Db] and old rivers grow _ wilder [Eb] every day.
_ We were [Bb] old [Gm] people, _ _ _ and they just [Ab] grow longer.
_ _ _ [Gm] Wait [Eb] for someone to say, _ _ _ [Bb] _ hello in there, _ _ _ _ [Eb] hello. _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _
Me [Ab] and Lorena, [Bb] we don't talk much more.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ She sits [Ab] in the stairs at the [Bb] back door and screams.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
All the news is just a [Ab] piece, _ _ _ like [Bb] some [Eb] forgotten dream. _
_ _ _ [Bb] We both see, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
someday [Ab] I'll go and I'll [Bb] call up a new lead. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ We work [Ab] together at [Bb] the factory, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ what am I telling you?
If you [Ab] ask what's new, _ _ _ [Eb] I'll never want to know.
_ _ [Gm] There's [Bb] nothing much to do.
_ _ _ [Db] Old trees _ _ just grow [Eb] _ stronger, _ _ _ _ [C] and [Db] old rivers grow _ wilder [Eb] every _ day.
We were [Bbm] old [Gm] people, and _ _ they just grow [Ab] _ longer.
_ _ [Gm] Wait [Eb] for someone to say, _ _ _ [Gm] [Bb] hello in there, _ _ _ hello.
[Eb] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ Oh, if you're [Ab] walking down [Bb] the street _ sometimes, _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ spot some [Ab] hollow [Bb] vacant lines, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ please don't pass [Ab] them by and say, _ _ [Eb] like you didn't care.
_ _ _ [Bb] Say hello in there, _ _ _ _ [Cm] hello. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Say hello in there, _ _ _ [Eb] hello. _ _
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