You Never Even Called Me Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]Well, it was all
That I could [G]do to keep from [C]crying'
Some[F]times it seemed so useless
to [C]remain
But [F]you don't have to call me [C]darlin', darlin'
You never even [G]called me by my [C]name[G]

[Verse 1]
[C]You don't hav[G]e to call me
Waylon [C]Jennings
And you don't have [G]to call me
Charlie [C]Pride
[F]And you don't have to call me
[C]Merle Haggard any[Am]more
[D]Even though you're on my fighting' sid[G]e

[Chorus 1]
And I'll [F]hang around as long as you will [C]let me
And I never mind[G]ed
standing' in the [C]rain
But [F]you don't have to call me [C]darlin', darlin'
You never even [G]called me by my [C]name[G]

[Verse 2]
Well, [C]I've heard my name
[G]A few times in your pho[C]ne book
(hello, hello)
And I've seen it on [G]signs
where I've [C]played
But the [F]only time I know
I'll [C]hear "David Allan [Am]Coe"
Is [D]when Jesus has his final judgment [G]day

[Chorus 2]
So I'll [F]hang around as long as you will [C]let me
And I never mind[G]ed
standing' in the [C]rain
But [F]you don't have to call me [C]darlin', darlin'
You never even [G]called me by my [C]name[G]

[Bridge 1]
[C]Well, a friend of mine
named Steve Goodman wrote that song
And he told me
it was [G]the perfect country & western song
I wrote him back a letter and I told him
it was not the perfect country & western song
Because he hadn't said any[C]thing at all
about mama, or trains,
[G]or trucks, or pri[C]son, or getting' dru[G]nk
Well, he sat down
and [C]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 [C]song
And I felt obliged to include it on this album
The last verse goes like this here

[Verse 3]
Well, I was [C]drunk the day
my [G]mom got out of [C]prison
And I went to pick her [G]up in the [C]rain
But be[F]fore I could get to the station
in my [C]pickup [Am]truck
[D]She got run over by a damned old tra[G]in

[Chorus 3]
And I'll [F]hang around as long as you will [C]let me
And I never mind[G]ed
standing' in the [C]rain, no
But [F]you don't have to call me [C]darlin', darlin'
You never even [G]called me
Well, I [C]wonder why you don't [F]call me
Why [C]don't you ever [G]call me
by my [F]name [C](ooh)