Steve Goodman - You never even call me
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OK, this is the way I play "You Never Even Call Me By My Name",
written by Steve Goodman and embellished by D.A.C.
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You Never Even Call Me By My Name - Steve Goodman (and David Allen Coe?!?)
It was Fall that I could Gdo to keep from Fcryin'
SomeFtimes it seems so Guseless to reFmain
FYou don't have to Gcall me darlin',F darAmlin'
You Fnever even Gcall me by my Fname F
FYou don't have to Gcall me Waylon FJennings
And Fyou don't have to Gcall me Charlie FPride
And Fyou don't have to Gcall me Merle FHaggard...anyAmmore
D7 Even though you're on my fightin' Gside
Chorus:
And I'll Fhang around as long as you will Flet me
'Cause I Fnever minded Gstandin' in the Frain
FYou don't have to Gcall me Darlin',F DarAmlin'
But you Fnever even Gcall me by my Fname F
Well I've Fseen my name a Gfew times in your Fphone book
And I've Fseen it on the Gsigns where I've Fplayed
But the Fonly time I Gknow I'll Fhear "David AAmllen Coe"
Is when D7Jesus has his final judgement Gday
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:"
Well I was Fdrunk the day my GMomma got out of Fprison
And I Fwent to pick her Gup in the Frain
But Fbefore I could Gget to the station in my Fpickup Amtruck
My D7Momma, she got run over by a damned old Gtrain
Chorus:
So I'll Fhang around just as Glong as you will Flet me
'Cause I Fnever minded Gstanding in the Frain
FYou don't have to Gcall me darlin',F darAmlin'
But you Fnever even Gcall me...
I Fwonder why you don't Amcall me...
Why Fdon't you even Gcall me by my Fname? F
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There it is -- if you have questions or corrections
A-mail me @:
dwatwood@utw.com
dwatw@geog.utah.edu
D. Wesley Atwood
BLM-Utah State Office
Univ. of Utah - Dept. of Geography
Ph. 801-539-4241
Fax 801-539-4134