Key: C
Introduction:
C G C
Well it was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
F C
Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain
F C
But you don' t have to call me darlin' - darlin'
C G C G
You never even call me by my name
C G C
You don' t have to call me Waylon Jennings
G C
And you don' t have to call me Charley Pride
F C Am
And you don' t have to call me Merle Haggard anymore
D G
Even though you' re on my fightin' side
F C
And I' ll hang around as long as you will let me
G C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain.
F C
But you don' t have to call me darlin' - darlin'
G C G
you never even call me by my name
C G C
Well I' ve heard my name a few times in your phonebook hello hello
G C C7
And I' ve seen it on signs where I' ve played
F C Am
But the only time I know I' ll hear David Allan Coe
D G
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day
F C
So I' ll hang around as long as you will let me
G C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain.
F C
But you don' t have to call me darlin' - darlin'
G C G
you never even call me by my name
C G C
Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
G C C7
And I went to pick her up in the rain
F C Am
But before I could get to the station in a pickup truck
D G
She got run' d over by a damned old train
F C
And I' ll hang around as long as you will let me
G C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain.
F C
But you don' t have to call me darlin' darlin'
G
you never even called me,
C F
well I wonder why you don' t call me,
C G F C
why dont you ever call me by my name.