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

[C] _ Well, it was all _ that I could [G] 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 _ [G] even call me by [C] my name.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] You don't have [G] to call me [C] Waylon Jennings.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] And you don't [G] have to call me [C] Charlie Price.
_ _ _ _ _ [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 hang around as long as you [C] will let me.
_ And _ I never _ _ [G] minded standing in the [C] _ _ rain. _ _ _
[F] But you don't have to call me darling, [C] _ _ _ darling. _ _
You never even [G] call me by [C] my name.
_ [G] Well, _ _
[C] I've heard my name [G] a few times [C] in your phone books.
_ And _ _ _ I've seen it [G] on songs where [C] I play.
_ _ [Cm] _ [C] _ _
[F] But the only time I know [C] I'll hear David [Em] [Am] Allen call
[D] is when Jesus has his final [G] judgment day.
_ _ _ So [F] I'll hang around as long as you [C] will let me. _ _ _ _
And I never _ minded [G] standing [C] in the _ rain. _ _ _
[F] But you don't have to call me [C] darling, _ _ _ darling. _
You never even [G] call me by [C] my _ _ [G] name. _ _
[C] Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song.
And he told [G] 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 hadn't [C] 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 and western song.
And I felt obliged to include it on this album.
The last verse goes like this here.
_ _ [B] Well, I was [C] drunk _ the day [G] my mom got out [C] of prison. _ _ _ _ _ _
And I went to pick [G] her up _ [C] in the rain.
_ _ _ _ But [F] before _ I could get to the station [C] in the pick up truck,
[Am] she [D] _ _ got run over by a damn [G] old train. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ Hang around 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 darling, [C] _ _ _ darling.
_ You never _ [G] even called me.
Well, I [C] wonder why you [F] don't call me.
[C] Why don't you ever [G] call me by [F] my name?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _