Chords for Steve Goodman - You Never Even Call Me By My Name - 4/18/1976 - Capitol Theatre (Official)

_ _ [C#] _ [Bm] It [C#] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [G] was all [D] I could do _ [G] to keep from crying. _ _ _
_ _ Sometimes it seems [D] so useless [G] _ to remain. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ You're [Am] the one who always [G#] tried to change [G] me. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And _ that is why I will _ always stay the same. _
_ _ _ [C] But I'll hang around as long as [G] you will let me. _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ [C] I never [G] minded standing _ [B] in the [D] rain.
[A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ You don't [C] have to call me darling, [G] _ _
darling.
_ _ But you never even [D] called me by [Am] my _ [B] _
_ [G] name.
[D] _ _ [G] You don't have to call me [D] Grady [G] Fender. _ _
_ _ _ _ No, you don't have to call me [D] _ _ darling [G] bride. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] You don't have to call me [G] Merle Haggar anymore.
_ Even though you [D] know you're on my fighting [G] _ side.
_ _ _ And [C] I'm gonna hang around as long as you [G] will [C] let [G] me.
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ I never [G] minded _ standing [D] in the rain.
[A] When nights [D] are cold [G] and lonely.
You don't [C] have to call me darling, [G] _
darling.
_ _ _ _ But you never [D] even called me by [Am] my _
[C] _ [Am] _ [G] _ name.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [E] I've _ _ _ [A] _ _
seen my name [E] in _ the phone [A]
books
_ _ _ _ _ And on the neon sign [E] above the bar, the bar [A] I used to own.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
There's only one thing that I'm really sure of. _ _ _
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[A] I'm gonna hear it when my savior _ calls me _ home.
_ Well friends, that's a lot to get in one song.
We missed all the good stuff.
_ Dallas, dope, dogs, divorce.
First five things I could think of were mother, prison, farms, trucks, and trains.
In no particular order.
Mother, prison, trains, trucks, and farms.
Since this song's already four minutes long,
and you can't really have a good country song without any of that stuff in there.
I just, mother, prison, trains, trucks, and farms.
I just tacked this verse on the end of the song.
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Ever since that day, [D] my mama [G] went to prison.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And she said, ain't nothing [D] round this farm that's [G] been the same.
_ _ _ [C] And you know that when they let [Am] her out [G] the last two _ _ days,
_ Then she'd roll her [D] goddamn truck into [G] a _ _ _ _ tree.
[C] I don't wanna hang around as long as [G] you let _ _ _ me.
[C] I never mind [G] _ standing in [D] the rain.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] You don't [C] have to call me [G] darling, _ _ [C] darling.
_ But [G] you never _ [D] even call me [A] by [C] my name.
_ _ By my [G] name.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Good night.
Thank you very much. _ _
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