Chords
You Don't Even Call Me By My Name

Key: G

Introduction:

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It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
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Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
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You don't have to call me darlin',    darlin'
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You never even call me by my name
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You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
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And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride
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And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard...anymore
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     Even though you're on my fightin' side
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And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
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'Cause I never minded standin' in the rain
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You don't have to call me Darlin',    Darlin'
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But you never even call me by my name
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Well I've seen my name a few times in your phone book
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And I've seen it on the signs where I've played
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But the only time I know I'll hear "David Allen Coe"
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Is when Jesus has his final judgement day
So I'll hang around...
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Well I was drunk the day my Momma got out of prison
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And I went to pick her up in the rain
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But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
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My Momma, she got run over by a damned old train
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So I'll hang around just as long as you will let me
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'Cause I never minded standing in the rain
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You don't have to call me darlin',    darlin'
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But you never even call me...
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I wonder why you don't call me...
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Why don't you even call me by my name?