Chords for The Perfect Country Song! Waylon, DAC, Merle Haggard, Charlie Pride, more

_ _ _ Well, it was all that I [G] could do to keep [C] from crying
_ _ _ _ [F] Sometimes it seems so useless [C] to remain
_ _ _ _ [F] But you don't have to call me [C] darling, _ _ darling
_ _ You never even [G] called me by [C] my _ _ [G] name
_ _ [C] You don't have [G] to call me [C] Waylon Jennings
_ _ _ _ You don't have [G] to call me [C] Charlie _ Pryde
_ _ [E] _ [F] And you don't have to call me [C] Merle Haggard _
_ [Am] anymore
_ _ [D] _ Even though you're on my [G] fine _ side
_ So [F] I'll hang around as long as you [C] will let me
_ _ _ And I never _ [G] mind dead standing [C] in the _ _ rain
No, _ _ [F] you don't have to call me darling, [C] _ _ _
darling
_ You never even [G] called me by [C] my _ name
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Well, you [G] know me and the Posse Meat and Cowboys
We've been [C] playing this song for a long time out there on the road
_ _ It's a touching little [G] Steve Goodman number
About [C] trains and trucks, _ mamas, prison and _ [F] getting drunk
So anyway, me and the boys got together [C] and
We asked Mr.
[Am] David Allen Coe and a few of our other heroes
If [D] they wouldn't mind singing with us on what has proven itself
To be [G] the perfect country western song
_ [A] _ [C] I was drunk the [G] day 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] in my _ [Am] pickup truck
_ _ [D] _
She'd gotten run over by a [G] damned old _ train
_ _ So [F] I'll hang around as long as you [Em] will let me
_ [C] _ _ And I never _ [G] mind dead standing [C] in the rain
No, _ _ [F] you don't have to call me [C] darling, _ _ _ darling
[A] _ [C] You never even [G] called me
Well, I [C] wonder why you don't [A] call me
Why [C] don't you ever [G] call me by my [F] _ _
name
_ By my _ _ name _ Alright, alright _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _