You Never Even Called Me By My Name original guitar chords by 
David Allan Coe 
Key: C major•
Intro 1
G7
C
That I could do to keep from crying'
C
C7
to remain
F
C
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G7
C
G7
You never even called me by my name
Verse 1
C
G7
You don't have to call me
C
C7
Charlie Pride
C
Am
Merle Haggard anymore
D7
G7
Even though you're on my fighting' side
Chorus 1
F
C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C
C7
standing' in the rain
F
C
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G7
C
G7
You never even called me by my name
Verse 2
G7
C
A few times in your phone book
(hello, hello)
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C7
where I've played
C
Am
I'll hear "David Allan Coe"
D7
G7
Is when Jesus has his final judgment day
Chorus 2
F
C
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C
C7
standing' in the rain
F
C
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G7
C
G7
You never even called me by my name
Bridge 1
C
Well, a friend of mine
named Steve Goodman wrote that song
And he told me
G7
it was the perfect country & western song
I wrote him back a letter and I told him
it was not the perfect country & western song
about mama, or trains,
G7
C
G7
or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk
Well, he sat down
and he sent it to me
And after reading it
I realized that my friend had written
And I felt obliged to include it on this album
The last verse goes like this here
Verse 3
G7
C
my mom got out of prison
G7
C
C7
And I went to pick her up in the rain
C
Am
in my pickup truck
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G7
She got run over by a damned old train
Chorus 3
F
C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C
C7
standing' in the rain, no
F
C
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
C
F
Well, I wonder why you don't call me
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G7
Why don't you ever call me
F
C
by my name (ooh)
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