• Song:

    Hello

  • Artist:

    Lionel Richie

  • Album:

    The Best Of Lionel Rich...

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After seeing someone on American Idol actually sing while
playing a simplified version of "Hello" (he did a great job) 
almost identical to the first version (in Am) on here, 
I decided to "correct" it to include more accurate chords;  
believe it or not, these 'more complex' (and i.m.h.o. beautiful) 
chords are actually easier overall to play than those in v1., 
since you just slide your hand back and forth...check the 
chords first, and you'll soon see what I mean. Note I leave 
blanks instead of x's to denote dead strings, and put 
parenthesis around notes that you can play if you want; also 
the words are placed roughly where they would be sung in 
relation to the chords, which are played on downbeats...OK:

  
   Am9 (x02413@1)G6 (320000@1)name="chord_1x3210@1">Fmaj7    A (x02220@1)Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)Bb (x1333x@1) E (022100@1)E7/B Am/C (032210@1)A9 (x02423@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am/E  e (022000@1)name="chord_022000@1">e | 0 |  0  |  0  | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |(1)| 0 | 0  | 0 |  0 |  0 | 0 
B| (x2444x@1)0 |  3  |  1  | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3  | 1 |  0 |  1 | 0
G| (320003@1)5 |  4  |  2  | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1  | 2 |  6 |  2 | 1
D| (xx0232@1)7 |  5  |  3  | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2  | 2 |  7 |  2 | 2
A|(0)| (x02220@1)    |     | 0 |   |   | 3 |(3)| 1 | 2 | 2  | 3 |  0 |    |  
E| (022100@1)  | (3) | (2) |   |   | 3 |   |(1)|   | 0 | 0  | 0 |    |    |(0)



| Am9 . G6 . | Fmaj7 . G6 Fmaj7 
| Am9 . G6 . | Fmaj7 . G6 Fmaj7 
                                I've

Am9 (x02413@1)             G6 (320000@1)      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) G6 (320000@1)Fmaj7been (1x3210@1)alone with you inside my mind,        and 

Am9 (x02413@1)              G6 (320000@1)            Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)           G6 (320000@1) Fmaj7in (1x3210@1)my dreams I've kissed your lips    a thousand times...      I

Am9 (x02413@1)               G6 (320000@1)          Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G6 (320000@1) Fmaj7sometimes (1x3210@1)see you pass outside my   door          Hel-


Am9 (x02413@1)   G6 (320000@1)        Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)             A-lo, (x02220@1)        is it me you're looking for?  I can

Dm (xx0231@1)              G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)                Fsee (133211@1)it in your eyes, I can see it in your smile;  you're

 Bb (x1333x@1)          Am/E (x02210@1)name="chord_022000@1">e       Am (x02210@1)      E7/B  Am/C (032210@1)E7/B
all I've ever wanted and my arms are open  wide.     'Cause you 

Dm (xx0231@1)                 G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)                Fknow (133211@1)just what to say and you know just what to do;  and I

Bb (x1333x@1)              Am/E (x02210@1)e (022000@1)           Am9. (x02413@1)G6. (320000@1)Fmaj7. (1x3210@1)G6 (320000@1)name="chord_1x3210@1">Fmaj7
want to tell you so    much, I love you

| Am9 (x02413@1) G6 (320000@1)   | Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) G6 (320000@1)name="chord_1x3210@1">Fmaj7 |


  Am9 (x02413@1)            G6 (320000@1)          Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)G6 (320000@1) Fmaj7I (1x3210@1)long to see the sunlight in your hair,         and

Am9 (x02413@1)                 G6 (320000@1)  .   Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)        G6 (320000@1) Fmaj7tell (1x3210@1)you time and time again,      how much I care.       Some-

Am9 (x02413@1)              G6 (320000@1)          Fmaj7. (1x3210@1)G6 (320000@1) Fmaj7-times (1x3210@1)I feel my heart will overflow

   Am9 (x02413@1) G6 (320000@1)            Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)            A (x02220@1).
He-llo,        I've just got to let you know     'cause I

Dm (xx0231@1)              G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)               F (133211@1).
wonder where you are and I wonder what you do.    Are you

Bb (x1333x@1)                E (022100@1)        Am/E (x02210@1)    E7/B   Am/C (032210@1)E7/B
somewhere feeling lonely or is someone loving you?       Tell me

 Dm (xx0231@1)            G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)how to win your heart for I haven't got a clue; but

 Bb (x1333x@1)            Am/e e (022000@1)          Am9. (x02413@1)G6. (320000@1)Fmaj7. (1x3210@1)G6 (320000@1)name="chord_1x3210@1">Fmaj7
let me start by say - ing, I love you

Am9 . G6 . | Fmaj7 . G6 Fmaj7

Solo:
     | Am9 (x02413@1)       .           G6 (320000@1)     .      | Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  .  G6 (320000@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)
E----|-----------------------------------------|---------------------5---7|__
B----|----------3--5-h6--3-h5------------------|----//5p3-------//5---5--|
G----|-2-h4-h5-----------------5//7\4-----5p4|2------------------------|
D--2-|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
A----|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
E----|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|

   Am9 (x02413@1)     .    G6 (320000@1)   .       | Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) .      G6 (320000@1)      Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)    |
E__7----8--5--7p3---5----/3-/3--|-/3-----------------3------------10--|
B----------------------5--/5-/5--|-/5----5--------/5-----3-------------|
G--------------------------------|-------5----5------------------------|
D--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

   Am9 (x02413@1)      .     G6 (320000@1)      .      | Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)   .    G6 (320000@1)Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  |
E--/12-/13--12-----10---/12-10---87|-/8--5-53/5-----------5----7|
B------------------------------------|--------------------/5---5---|
G--/9--/10---9-----7----/9--7----54|-/5--2-2/2-----------------|
D------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

   Am9 (x02413@1)   .    G6 (320000@1)   .     | Fmaj7 (1x3210@1).           A (x02220@1)    .       
E__7--8--5--7p3---5----------|------------------------------9--------|(10)
B--------------------5-------|---------------------------10-6--------|
G----------------------------|--------------------2-6-9--7-----------|
D----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A----------------------------|--------------------0-4-7--------------|
E----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
  Hello,                 is it me you're looking for?        'Cause I 

Dm (xx0231@1)   .           G (320003@1)  .      C (x32010@1)   .           F (133211@1).  
won-der where you are... and I wonder what you do.     Are you

 Bb (x1333x@1)    .        E (022100@1)   .       Am9 (x02413@1)    E7/B   Am/C (032210@1)E7/B
somewhere feeling lonely  or is someone loving you?       Tell me

 Dm (xx0231@1) .          G (320003@1) .      C (x32010@1)    .       F (133211@1)  .
how to win your heart for I haven't got a clue;     but

Bb (x1333x@1)  .        Am/E (x02210@1)name="chord_022000@1">e               Am9. (x02413@1)G6. (320000@1)Fmaj7. (1x3210@1)G (320003@1)Fmaj7| (1x3210@1)Alet (x02220@1)me start by say-ing:    I love you  



}}} hope you like it, 
---mark K


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