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You Don't Even Call Me By My Name by David Alan Coe
You Don't Even Call Me By My Name
C G
It was all that I could do
C
to keep from cryin'
F C
sometimes it seems so useless to remain
F C
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G C
You never even call me by my name.
C G C
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
C G C
And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride.
F C Am
You don't have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore.
D G
Even though your on my fightin' side.
CHORUS
F C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G
And I never minded standin' in the rain.
F C
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G C
You never even call me by my name.
I've heard my name a few times in your phone book
I've seen it on signs where I've laid
But the only time I know, I'll hear David Allan Coe
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day.
CHORUS:
(enter now the Steve Goodman story. The first half is played with a background
of C and G. Just before Steve writes back with the perfect Country and
Western song, it is just a straight background C chord.
Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison.
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train.
CHORUS:
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin' in the rain. No,
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
C G F C
You never even call me, I wonder why you don't call me
F C G C F C
Why don't you ever call me by my name.
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version 2
G D G
It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
C D G
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
C D G Em
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G D C G
You never even call me by my name
G D G
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
C D G
And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride
C D G Em
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard...anymore
A7 D
Even though you're on my fightin' side
Chorus:
C G
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C D G
'Cause I never minded standin' in the rain
C D G Em
You don't have to call me Darlin', Darlin'
G D C G
But you never even call me by my name
G D G
Well I've seen my name a few times in your phone book
C D G
And I've seen it on the signs where I've played
C D G Em
But the only time I know I'll hear "David Allen Coe"
A7 D
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day
Chorus:
So I'll hang around...
Talk:
"Well, a friend of mine, Steve Goodman, wrote this song
and he said it was the perfect country and western song.
I wrote him back a letter and told him that it was not the
perfect country-western song because he hadn't said anything
at all about Momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting
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-western song, and I
felt obliged to include it on this album. The last verse goes
like this here:"
G D G
Well I was drunk the day my Momma got out of prison
C D G
And I went to pick her up in the rain
C D G Em
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
A7 D
My Momma, she got run over by a damned old train
Chorus:
C D G
So I'll hang around just as long as you will let me
C D G
'Cause I never minded standing in the rain
C D G Em
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G D
But you never even call me...
G Em
I wonder why you don't call me...
G D C G
Why don't you even call me by my name?
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version 3
(C) (G) (C)
Well it was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
(F) (G) (C)
Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain
(F) (G) (C) (Am)
But you don't have to call me darlin' darlin'
(C) (G) (C)
You never even call me by my name
(G) (C)
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
(F) (G) (C)
And you don't have to call me Charley Pride
(F) (G) (C) (Am)
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore
(D) (G)
Even though you're on my figtin' side
(C) (G) (C)
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
(F) (G) (C)
and I never minded standingin the rain.
(F) (G) (C) (Am)
But you don't have to call me darlin' darlin'
(C) (G) (C)
you never even call me by my name
(G) (C)
Well I've heard my name a few times in your phonebook (hello hello)
(F) (G) (C)
And I've seen it on signs where I've played
(F) (G) (C) (Am)
But the only time I know I'll hear David Allan Coe
(D) (G)
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day
(C) (G) (C)
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
(F) (G) (C)
and I never minded standing in the rain.
(F) (G) (C) (Am)
But you don't have to call me darlin' darlin'
(C) (G) (C)
you never even call me by my name
(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 percfect country and western song
Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama
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 at last obliged to itself the last verse goes like this here)
(C) (G) (C)
Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
(F) (G) (C)
And I went to pick her up in the rain
(F) (G) (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
(C) (G) (C)
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
(F) (G) (C)
and I never minded standing in the rain.
(F) (G) (C) (Am)
But you don't have to call me darlin' darlin'
(C) (G)
you never even called me,
(C) (Am)
well I wonder why you don't call me,
(C) (G) (C)
why dont you ever call me by my name.
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