You Never Even Called Me By My Name (Perfect Country & Western Song) chords by David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck
Verse 1
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Well, it was all
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That I could do to keep from
C
crying'
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C
Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain
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But you don't have to call me darlin',
C
darlin'
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You never even called me by
my name
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G
Verse 2
C
G
You don't have to call me
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Am
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Waylon Jennings
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G
And you don't have to call
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me Charlie Pride
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Dm
And you don't have to call me
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Am
D
Merle Haggard anymore
Even though you're on my fighting' side
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Verse 3
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And I'll hang around as
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long as you will let me
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And I never minded
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standing' in the rain
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But you don't have to call me darlin',
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darlin'
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You never even called me
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G
by my name
Verse 4
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Well, I've heard my name
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C
A few times in your phone book
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(hello, hello)
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G
And I've seen it on signs
C
where I've played
F
But the only time I know
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Am
I'll hear "David Allan Coe"
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Am
D
G
Is when Jesus has his final judgment day
Verse 5
F
So I'll hang around as
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long as you will let me
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And I never minded
C
standing' in the rain
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But you don't have to call me darlin',
C
darlin'
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You never even called me
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G
by my name
Verse 6
C
Well, a friend of mine named Steve
Goodman wrote that song
Am
G
And he told me 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
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Because he hadn't said any
thing at all about mama
Am
G
Or trains, or trucks, or prison,
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G
or getting' drunk
C
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
Am
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Well, I was drunk
Verse 7
C
the day my
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C
mom got out of prison
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C
And I went to pick her up in the rain
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But before I could get to the station
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Am
D
in my pickup truck
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She got run over by a damned old train
Verse 8
F
And I'll hang around as
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long as you will let me
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C
And I never minded standing' in the rain,
no
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But you don't have to call me darlin',
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darlin'
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You never even called me
C
F
Well, I wonder why you don't call me
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G
F
Why don't you ever call me by my name
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You Never Even Called Me By My Name (Perfect Country & Western Song)
David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck
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