Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse 1]

Well it was ^Call that I could ^G7do to keep from ^Ccryin' Some^Ftimes it seemed so useless to ^Cremain But ^Fyou don't have to call me darlin'^C darlin' You ^Cnever even ^G7call me by my ^Cname ^G7

[Verse 2]

^C You don't have ^G7 to call me Waylon ^CJennings And you don't have ^G7 to call me C^Charley Pride^C7 ^FAnd you don't have to call me ^CMerle Haggard an^Amymore ^D7 Even though you're on my fightin'^G7 side

[Chorus 1]

And I'll ^Fhang around as long as you will ^Clet me and I never minded^G7 standing in the ^Crain ^C7 But ^Fyou don't have to call me darlin'^C darlin' You ^Cnever even ^G7call me by my ^Cname ^G7

[Verse 3]

Well ^CI've heard my name ^G7 a few times in your ^Cphonebook (hello hello) And I've ^Cseen it on ^G7signs where I've ^Cplayed ^C7 But the o^Fnly time I know I'll ^Chear David Allan ^AmCoe Is when ^D7Jesus has his final judgement ^G7day

[Chorus 1]

So I'll ^Fhang around as long as you will ^Clet me and I never minded^G7 standing in the ^Crain ^C7 But ^Fyou don't have to call me darlin'^C darlin' You ^Cnever even ^G7call me by my ^Cname ^G7

[Recitation]

^C(Well a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song And he told me i^Gt 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 ^Csaid anything at all about mama Or trains ^G or trucks or prison ^C or gettin' drunk ^G Well he sat down ^Cand 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) [Verse 4]

Well I was ^Cdrunk the day my ^G7mom got out of ^Cprison And I ^Cwent to pick her ^G7up in the ^Crain ^C7 But be^Ffore I could get to the station in a ^Cpickup ^Amtruck ^D7 She got run'd over by a damned old ^G7train

[Chorus 2]

So I'll ^Fhang around as long as you will ^Clet me and I never minded^G7 standing in the ^Crain ^C7 But ^Fyou don't have to call me darlin'^C darlin' You ^Cnever even ^G7call me Well I ^Cwonder why you don't ^Fcall me Why ^Cdon't you ever ^G7call me by my ^Fname?^C

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