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

[C] _ _ Well, it was all that [F] I could [G] do to [C] keep from crying _
_ _ _ _ [F] Sometimes _ it seems so useless [C] to remain _
But _ _ _ [F] you don't have to call me [C] darling _
_ Darling
_ And you never even [G] call me by [C] my _ name
[G] You _ _ [C] _ _
don't have
[G] Call me Waylon [C] Jenny
_ _ And _ _ _ you don't [G] have
Call me [C]
Charlie Christ
_ _ _ _ [F]
And you don't have
Call me [C] Merle Hager
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] Anymore
_ Even though you're on my _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ Standing _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
in the [C] _ rain
_ _ But [F] 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 book
_ _ _ And I've seen it [G] all signs were
[C] _ _ _ [A] But [C] _ _ [F] the
_ _ _ Here _
_ [C] _ David _ [Am] _ Is _ [D] when _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ And _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ I _ _ never _ [G] mind is standing [C] in the _ _ rain
But _ [F] you don't have _
Call me [C] darling _ _ _ darling _
You never _ [G] even call me
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] Well _ _
_ [C] friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song and he [G] told me it was the perfect 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 _ or trains [G] or trucks
_ or present
[C] or 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
_ Well, I was drawn
_ Day [G] my mom got [C] out of prison
_ And _ _ _ I went to pick [G] her up _ [C] in the rain
_ But _ _ [F] before
_ _ To the station [C] in the
_ _ _ She _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ got _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ As long as you [C] let me _ And _ never
_ _ [G] Mind is standing [C] in the _ rain _ _
You [F] _ don't have to call me darling
[C] _ _ _ Darling you _ never even [G] call me.
Well, I [C] wonder why you don't
[F] _ _
Why
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _