David Allen Coe You Never Even Called Me by My Name Chords

[C] _ _ Well, it was all that [F] I could [G] do to keep [C] from crying _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Sometimes it seems so useless [C] to remain
_ But _ _ _ [F] you don't have to call me [C] darling _ Darling
_ _ _ You never _ [G] even called me by [C] my name
_ _ [G] You _ [C] _ _
don't have [G] to call me [C] Will and Jenny
_ And _ _ _ you don't [G] have to call me [C]
Charlie Pride
_ _ _ _ [F]
And you don't have to call me [C] Merle Haggard _ [Am] anymore
_ [D] _
_ Even though you're on my [G] fighting _ side _ _ _
[F] And I'll have _ _ as long as you [C] will let me
_ And _ I never
_ _ [G] Minded standing in the [C] _ rain
_ But _ [F] you don't have to call me darling
[C] _ _ Darling _ _ you never even [G] called me by [C] my name
_ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] I've heard my name [G] a few times [C] in your phone book _ _ _
And I've seen it [G] all signs were
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C] But [F] the only time I know
[C] I'll hear David [Am] Allen go _
[D] Is when Jesus has his final _ [G] judgment [Em] _ [G] _ So _
_ [F] _ _ _ As long as you [C] will let me
_ And _ I never
_ _ [G] Minded standing [C] in the _ _ rain
But _ [F] you don't have to call me [C] darling _ _ _ _ _ _
Darling you never _ [G] even called me
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] Well _ _
_ [C] friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
And he [G] told me it was the perfect country in Western song. _
I
Wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country in Western song because he [C] hadn't said anything at all about mama her train [G] her trucks
_ her present
_ [C] her 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 in Western song
And I felt obliged to include it on this album
The last verse goes like this here. _ _
Well, I was drunk
_ the day [G] my mom
got [C] out of prison _ _ _ _ _
And I went to pick [G] her up _ [C] in the rain
_ But _ _ [F] before
_ Get to the station [C] and the _ _ picker
Bro, _
[Am] _ [D] _ she got run over by a damn [G] no train _ _ _ _ And
[F] _ _ _ As _ you [C] will let me
_ I _ _ never _ _ _ [G] Understand _
_ [C] _ _ _ You _ _
_ [F] _ don't have to call me darling
[C] _ _ _ _ _ You never _ even [G] told me well, I [C] wonder why you [F] don't _
[C] Why don't you
_ [G] _ _ Have
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _