{title:You Never Even Call Me By My Name}
{subtitle: Mel O'Joe}
{ipodid:}
{metronome: 107}
{time: 5:15}
{AS:6.0}
by David Allen Coe


[C]It was all that I could [G]do to keep from c[C]ryin'
som[F]etimes it seems so useless t[C]o remain
[F]You don't have to call me darlin',[C] darlin'
[C]You never even c[G]all me by my [C]name. [G]

[C]You don't have to [G]call me Waylon [C]Jennin[C7]gs
And [C]you don't have to [G]call me Charlie [C]Pride[C7].
[F]You don't have to call me Merle [C]Haggard,[Am] anymore.
[D]Even though your on my fightin' [G]side.[G7] 
 
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And I'll [F]hang around as long as you will [C]let me
And I never minded [G]standin' in the [C]rain[C7].
[F]You don't have to call me darli[C]n', darlin'
You never even[G] call me by my[C] name. [C7]
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[C]I've heard my name[G] a few times in[C] your [C7]phone book
I've[C] seen it on signs w[G]here I've laid   [C]      [C7]  
[F]But the only time I know, I'll he[C]ar David [Am]Allan Coe 
[D]Is when Jesus has his final judge[G]ment d[G7]ay.

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And I'll [F]hang around as long as you will [C]let me
And I never minded [G]standin' in the [C]rain[C7].
[F]You don't have to call me darli[C]n', darlin'
You never even[G] call me by my[C] name.
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#then: the spoken part below has this played in the background:
#(the numbers are complete bars)
#C-2 G-4 C-2 G-2 C-1 G-1 and then C to finish out the rest.





 
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 it was NOT the perfect
country and western song because he hadn't said anything about
Momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin' drunk.
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 sing it for you today.
The last verse goes like this here:
 
 
Well, I was d[C]runk the day my M[G]om got outta p[C]rison.[C7]
And [C]I went to pick her [G]up in the r[C]ain. [C7]  
But, be[F]fore I could get to the station in my[C] pickup t[Am]ruck
[D]She got runned over by a damned old tr[G]ain.[G7]

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So I'll [F]hang around as long as you will [C]let me
And I never minded s[G]tandin' in the [C]rain.[C7] No,
[F]You don't have to call me darlin'[C], darlin'
[C]You never even [G]call me, I w[C]onder why you don't [F]call me
Why [C]don't you ever [G]call me by my [F]name.  By m[C]y name….
{eoc}{tag: Country}