David Allan Coe – You Never Even Called Me By My Name (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
C                                 G               C
   Well, it was all that I could do to keep from cryin'

     F                             C
Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain

     F                               C
But you don't have to call me darlin' - darlin'

     C          G             C   G
You never even call me by my name
[Verse 2]
C                   G              C
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings

                       G               C
And you don't have to call me Charley Pride

     F                          C              Am
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore

D                                 G
   Even though you're on my fightin' side
[Chorus]
          F                               C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me

                 G                 C    C7
and I never minded standing in the rain

     F                               C
But you don't have to call me darlin' - darlin'

               G             C    G
You never even call me by my name
[Verse 3]
      C                 G                    C
Well, I've heard my name a few times in your phonebook, hello hello

                   G                 C      C7
And I've seen it on signs where I've played

         F                    C                Am
But the only time I know I'll hear David Allan Coe

          D                            G
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day
[Chorus]
          F                               C
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me

                 G                 C    C7
and I never minded standing in the rain.

     F                               C
But you don't have to call me darlin' - darlin'

               G             C   G
You never even call me by my name
[Recitation]
C                                       G
Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song, and he told me it was
the perfect country and western song I wrote him back a letter and told him
                                            C
It was not the perfect country and western song

                                                   G
Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama

                C           G
Or trains or trucks or prison or gettin' drunk

         C
Well, he 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 [Verse 4]
             C                G            C
Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison

                        G         C   C7
And I went to pick her up in the rain

       F                                   C      Am
But before I could get to the station in a pickup truck

D                                      G
   She got run'd over by a damned old train
[Chorus 2]
          F                               C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me

                 G                 C    C7
and I never minded standing in the rain

     F                               C
But you don't have to call me darlin' - darlin'

               G
You never even called me

         C                    F
Well, I wonder why you don't call me

     C              G             F   C
Why don't you ever call me by my name