W^Cell it was all that I could ^Gdo to keep from ^Ccryin' Somet^Cimes it seemed so u^Gseless to r^Cemain But y^Fou don't have to call me darli^Cn' ^Amdarlin' You n^Cever even c^Gall me by my n^Came

You don't have to ca^Gll me Waylon Je^Cnnings And you don't have to ca^Gll me Charley Pr^Cide And y^Fou don't have to call me Merle H^Caggard a^Amnymore E^Dven though you're on my fightin' s^Gide And I'll h^Fang around as long as you will le^Ct me and I never minded s^Gtanding in th^Ce rain. But y^Fou don't have to call me darl^Cin' ^Amdarlin' you ne^Cver even c^Gall me by my n^Came

Well I've heard my name a ^Gfew times in your pho^Cnebook And I've seen it on s^Gigns where I've pl^Cayed But the o^Fnly time I know I'll h^Cear David Allan^Am Coe Is when Je^Dsus has his final judgment da^Gy So I'll h^Fang around as long as you will l^Cet me and I never minded s^Gtanding in the ^Crain. But y^Fou don't have to call me dar^Clin', ^Amdarlin' you n^Cever even c^Gall me by my n^Came

Well a man named Steve Goodman wrote that song and he told me it was the perfect country and western song. I wrote him back and told him it was not the perfect country and western song because it didn?t say 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 after reading it I realized that he had written the perfect country and western song. So I feel obliged to sing it. The last verse goes like this here?

Well I was d^Crunk the day my m^Gomma got out ^Cof prison And I went to pick he^Gr up in th^Ce rain But befo^Fre I could get to the station in a ^Cpickup t^Amruck S^Dhe got run'd over by a damned old train^G And I'll h^Fang around as long as you wil^Cl let me and I never minded^G standing in th^Ce rain. But y^Fou don't have to call me ^Cdarlin' ^Amdarlin' you n^Cever even c^Galled me, well I w^Conder why you don't c^Gall me, why d^Cont you ever c^Gall me by my n^Fame. ^C

David Allan Coe - You never even called me by my name