You Never Even Called Me By My Name chords by David Allan Coe (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(C major) Well, it was all
That I could do (G7) to keep from (C major) crying'
Some (F major) times it seemed so useless
to (C major) remain (C7)
But (F major) you don't have to call me darlin', (C major) darlin'
You never even called (G7) me by my (C major) name (G7)
Verse 1
(C major) You don't have (G7) to call me
Waylon (C major) Jennings
And you don't have (G7) to call me
Charlie (C major) Pride (C7)
And (F major) you don't have to call me
Merle (C major) Haggard any (A minor) more
(D7) Even though you're on my fighting' (G7) side
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Chorus 1
And I'll (F major) hang around as long as you will (C major) let me
And I never minded (G7)
standing' in the rain (C major) (C7)
But (F major) you don't have to call me darlin', (C major) darlin'
You never even called (G7) me by my (C major) name (G7)
Verse 2
Well, I've (C major) heard my name
(G7) A few times in your (C major) phone book
(hello, hello)
And I've seen it on (G7) signs
where I've (C major) played (C7)
But the (F major) only time I know
I'll (C major) hear "David Allan (A minor) Coe"
Is when (D7) Jesus has his final judgment (G7) day
Chorus 2
So I'll (F major) hang around as long as you will (C major) let me
And I never minded (G7)
standing' in the rain (C major) (C7)
But (F major) you don't have to call me darlin', (C major) darlin'
You never even called (G7) me by my (C major) name (G7)
Bridge 1
(C major) Well, a friend of mine
named Steve Goodman wrote that song
And he told me
it was (G7) the perfect country & western song
I wrote him back a letter and I told him
it was not the perfect country & western song
Because he hadn't said any (C major) thing at all
about mama, or trains,
(G7) or trucks, or prison, (C major) or getting' drunk (G7)
Well, he sat down
and (C major) 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 (C major)
And I felt obliged to include it on this album
The last verse goes like this here
Verse 3
Well, I was drunk (C major) the day
my (G7) mom got out of (C major) prison
And I went to pick her up (G7) in the (C major) rain (C7)
But be (F major) fore I could get to the station
in my (C major) pickup (A minor) truck
(D7) She got run over by a damned old (G7) train
Chorus 3
And I'll (F major) hang around as long as you will (C major) let me
And I never minded (G7)
standing' in the (C major) rain, no (C7)
But (F major) you don't have to call me darlin', (C major) darlin'
You never even called (G7) me
Well, I (C major) wonder why you don't (F major) call me
Why (C major) don't you ever call (G7) me
by my (F major) name (C major) (ooh)
You Never Even Called Me By My Name
David Allan Coe
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