You Never Even Called Me By My Name (Perfect Country & Western Song) chords by
David Allan Coe
Johnny Paycheck

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Key: C major

Verse 1
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Well, it was all
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That I could do to keep from
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crying'
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Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain
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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 by
my name
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Verse 2
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G G 
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You don't have to call me
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Am Am 
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Waylon Jennings
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And you don't have to call
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me Charlie Pride
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Dm Dm 
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And  you don't have to call me
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Am Am 
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D D 
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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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by my name

Verse 4
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Well, I've heard my name
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C C 
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A few times in your phone book
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(hello, hello)
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G G 
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And I've seen it on signs
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where I've played
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But the only time I know
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Am Am 
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I'll hear "David Allan Coe"
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Is when Jesus has his final judgment day

Verse 5
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So I'll hang around as
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long as you will let me
G G 
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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 G 
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by my name

Verse 6
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Well, a friend of mine named Steve
Goodman wrote that song
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G G 
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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
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G G 
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Or trains, or trucks, or prison,
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or getting' drunk
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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
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Well, I was drunk

Verse 7
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the day my
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C C 
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mom got out of prison
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C C 
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And I went to pick her up in the rain
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But be fore I could get to the station
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Am Am 
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D D 
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in my pickup truck
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She got run over by a damned old train

Verse 8
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And I'll hang around as
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long as you will let me
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C C 
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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
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F F 
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Well, I wonder why you don't call me
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Why don't you ever call me by my name
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