You Never Even Call me by My Name Steve Goodman / John Prine Verse 1

It was ^Gall that I could ^Ddo to keep from ^Gcryin' Some^Ctimes it seems so ^Duseless to ^Gremain ^CYour the one who ^Dalways tried to ^Gchange^Em me ^GThat is why I ^Dwill always ^Cstay the ^Gsame

Chorus:

And I'll ^Chang around as long as you will ^Glet me ^CI never minded ^Dstandin' in the ^Grain ^CYou don't have to ^Dcall me ^GDarlin', ^EmDarlin' But you ^Gnever even ^Dcall me by my ^Cname ^G

Verse 2

^GYou don't have to ^Dcall me Waylon ^GJennings No, ^Cyou don't have to ^Dcall me Charlie ^GPride And ^Cyou don't have to ^Dcall me Merle ^GHaggard...anymore^Em ^A7 Even though you know you're on my ^Dfightin' side

Chorus:

And I'll ^Chang around as long as you will ^Glet me ^CI never minded ^Dstandin' in the rain^G ^CYou don't have to ^Dcall me ^GDarlin', ^EmDarlin' But you ^Gnever even ^Dcall me by my ^Cname ^G

Solo Verse 3

I've ^Gseen my name a ^Dfew times in the ^Gphone book And on the ^Cneon sign above the ^Dbar I use to ^Gown There is ^Conly one thing ^Dthat I am ^Greally sure ^Emof I'll gonna ^A7hear it when my savoir calls me ^Dhome

Spoken Well we left out a lot of stuff. We left out: farms, mother, prison, trucks, trains, Getting drunk, thanks to Cole, and dead dogs like Old Shep, And a big holiday like Christmas And with all due respect you can’t have a good country song without Mother, prison, farms, trucks, trains, Getting drunk, And dead dogs like Old Shep. So here’s the last verse. Verse 4

^GEver since the dog got drunk and ^Ddied and mama went to ^Gprison Why ^Cnothin’ 'round thi^Ds farm’s been ^Gthe same ^CYou know when mom ^Dbroke out last ^GChristmas, ^Em She drove that damned old ^A7getaway laundry truck right in to a ^Dtrain

Chorus:

And I'll ^Chang around as long as you will ^Glet me ^CI never minded ^Dstandin' in the rain^G ^CYou don't have to ^Dcall me ^GDarlin', Dar^Emlin' But you ^Gnever even ^Dcall me by my ^Cname ^G

Steve Goodman - You never even call me