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Song title:      Hello
Original Album:	 Can't Slow Down

Words and Music by Lionel Richie and James Anthony Carmichael
Copyright © 1984 Motown Records
Published by Universal Music Group

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 5. Chords are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


VERSE1:
Chords:
Em9     022002    G6/D xx0000
Gmaj7/D xx0002    E    022100
Cmaj7   332000

     Em9             Gmaj7/D           Cmaj7  G6/D   Cmaj7
I've been alone with you     inside my mind,
    Em9               Gmaj7/D             Cmaj7          G6/D   Cmaj7
And in my dreams I've kissed your lips, a thousand times,
    Em9             Gmaj7/D         Cmaj7  G6/D   Cmaj7
Sometimes I see you pass outside my door,
   Em9 Gmaj7/D       Cmaj7        G6/D    E
Hello,         is it me    you're looking for?


CHORUS1:
Chords:
Am x02210    F   x33211
D5 xx023x    B7  x2120x
G  3x0003    Em  022000
C  x32010

      Am             D5          G              C
I can see it in your eyes, I can see it in your smile,
       F          B7             Em
You're all I ever wanted, and my arms are open wide.

           Am                D5           G                 C
'Cause you know just what to say, and you know just what to do.
      F                B7              Em                       
And I want to tell you so much: I love you.


[play: | D | C | D | C |]


VERSE2:
Chords:
Em9     022002    G6/D xx0000
Gmaj7/D xx0002    E    022100
Cmaj7   332000

  Em9             Gmaj7/D          Cmaj7  G6/D   Cmaj7
I long to see the sunlight in your hair,
    Em9               Gmaj7/D            Cmaj7        G6/D  Cmaj7
And tell you time and time    again, how much I care,
    Em9             Gmaj7/D        Cmaj7  G6/D   Cmaj7
Sometimes I feel my heart will overflow,
   Em9  Gmaj7/D           Cmaj7  G6/D    E
Hello,          I've just got to let you know.


CHORUS2:
Chords:
Am x02210    F   x33211
D5 xx023x    B7  x2120x
G  3x0003    Em  022000
C  x32010

      Am               D5         G               C
And I wonder where you are, and I wonder what you do,
        F               B7            Em
Are you somewhere being lonely, or is someone loving you?

        Am              D5            G             C
Tell me how to win your heart, 'cos I haven't got a clue,
    F               B7             Em                
But let me start by saying, I love you.


[play: | D | C | D | C |]

[end on E]