Key: G
Introduction:
G D G
It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
C D G
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
C D G Em
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G D C G
You never even call me by my name
G D G
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
C D G
And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride
C D G Em
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard...anymore
A7 D
Even though you're on my fightin' side
C G
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C D G
'Cause I never minded standin' in the rain
C D G Em
You don't have to call me Darlin', Darlin'
G D C G
But you never even call me by my name
G D G
Well I've seen my name a few times in your phone book
C D G
And I've seen it on the signs where I've played
C D G Em
But the only time I know I'll hear "David Allen Coe"
A7 D
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day
So I'll hang around...
G D G
Well I was drunk the day my Momma got out of prison
C D G
And I went to pick her up in the rain
C D G Em
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
A7 D
My Momma, she got run over by a damned old train
C D G
So I'll hang around just as long as you will let me
C D G
'Cause I never minded standing in the rain
C D G Em
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
G D
But you never even call me...
G Em
I wonder why you don't call me...
G D C G
Why don't you even call me by my name?