Key: C
Introduction:
C G C
It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
F C
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
F C
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G C
You never even call me by my name.
C G C
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
C G C
And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride.
F C Am
You don't have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore.
D G
Even though your on my fightin' side.
CHORUS
F C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C G C
And I never minded standin' in the rain.
F C
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G C G
You never even call me by my name.
I've heard my name a few times in your phone book
C G C G C G Ctº
Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
and he told me it was the perfect country and western song
C G C F
You never even call me, I wonder why you don't call me
C G F C F C
Why don't you ever call me by my name.
Jacob Wilson ([email protected])