You Never Even Called Me By My Name Chords by David Allan Coe

[C] _ _ Well, it was all that [F] I could [G] do to [C] keep from crying _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Sometimes it seems so useless to [C] remain
But _ _ _ [F] you don't have to call me darling
[C] _ _ Darling
_ _ _ You never _ [G] even called me by [C] my name
_ [G] _ You _ [C] _ _
don't have [G] to call me [C] Wailing Jenny
_ And _ _ _ you don't [G] have to call me [C]
Charity Price _ _ _ _
[F] And you don't have to call me [C] Merle Haggard [Em] [Am] anymore
_ _ [D]
Even _ though you're on my [G] fighting _ side _ _ _
[F] And I'll hang _ as long as you [C] will let me
_ _ And I never _ mind [G] _ standing in the [C] _ _ rain _ _ _
[F] But you don't have to call me darling [C] _ _ Darling _ _ _
_ You never even [G] called me by [C] my name
_ [G] Well, _
_ [C] I've heard my name [G] a few times [C] in your phone book
_ _ And _ _ I've seen it [G] on signs where [C] I'm laid
_ [A] _ [C] But [F] the only time I [F] know [C] I'll hear David [Am] Allen call
[D] Is when Jesus has his final _ [G] judgment day
_ _ So _ [F] I'll hang around as long as [C] you will let me _ _ _ _
And I never _ mind [G] standing [C] in the _ _ rain
[D] But _ [F] you don't have to call me [C] darling _ _ Darling _
You never _ [G] even called me by [C] my _ _ [G] name
Well, _ [C] a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
And he [G] told me it was the perfect country and western song
I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country and western song
Because he [C] hadn't said anything at all about Mama Or trains [G] Or trucks Or presents
_ [C] Or getting drunk
_ [G] Well, he [C] sat down and wrote another verse to the song
And he sent it to me
And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country and western song
And I felt obliged to include it on this album
The last verse goes like this here
_ Well, [B] I [C] was drunk the day [G] my mom got [C] out of prison
_ And _ _ _ I went to [G] pick her up _ [C] in the rain _ _ _ _
[F] But before _ I could get to the station [C] and pick [Em] her [Am] up _
_ [D] _ She got run over by a damned [G] old train _ _ _
And [F] I'll _ _ hang around as long as you [C] will let me
_ And _ _ I never _ [G] mind you standing [C] in the _ _ rain Lord
[F] You don't have to call me [C] darling _ _ Darling _
You never even [G] called me
[C] Well, I wonder why you [F] don't call me
Why [C] don't you [G] ever call me darling
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _