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

[C] _ Well, it was all that I [G] could do _ to [C] keep 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.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] And you don't [G] have to call me [C] Charlie Price.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] And you don't have to call [C] me 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 [C] the _ rain. _ _ _
[F] But you don't have to call me darling, [C] _ _ _ darling. _ _
You never _ [G] even call me by [C] my name.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] Well, I've heard my name [G] a few times [C] in your phone book.
_ _ And _ I've seen it [G] on _ songs [C] where I play. _ _ _ _ _
[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 [C] you will let me. _ _ _ _
And I never _ [G] minded standing [C] in the _ rain. _ _ _ _
[F] But you don't have to call me [C] darling, _ _ _ darling. _
You never _ [G] even call me by [C] my _ _ [G] name. _ _ _
[C] Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song.
And he [G] told 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 [C] hadn't said anything at all about mama _ or trains [G] or trucks or presents [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.
_ _ [B] Well, I [C] was drunk _ the day [G] my mom got [C] out of prison. _ _ _ _ _
And I went to pick [G] her up in [C] the rain. _ _ _ _
[F] But before _ I could get to the station [C] in the pickup _ [Em] _ [Am] truck,
she [D] _ _ got run over by a damn [G] old train.
_ _ _ And [F] _ _ I, as long as you [C] will let me,
_ _ _ _ and I never _ _ [G] minded standing [C] in the _ rain. _ _ _
[F] You don't have to call me [C] darling, _ _ darling. _ _
You never _ [G] even called me.
But I [C] wonder why you [F] don't call me.
[C] Why don't you [G] ever call me by [F] my name?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _