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You Never Even Call Me By My Name

Mel O'Joe

by David Allen Coe

C	G	C
It was all that I could	do to keep from c	ryin'

	F	C
som	etimes it seems so useless t	o remain

F	C
You don't have to call me darlin',	darlin'

C	G	C	G
You never even c	all me by my	name.

C	G	C	C7
You don't have to	call me Waylon	Jennin	gs

	C	G	C	C7
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	G7
Even though your 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	standin' in the	rain	.

F	C
You don't have to call me darli	n', darlin'

	G	C	C7
You never even	call me by my	name.

C	G	C	C7
I've heard my name	a few times in	your	phone book

	C	G	C	C7
I've	seen it on signs w	here I've laid

F	C	Am
But the only time I know, I'll he	ar David	Allan Coe

D	G	G7
Is when Jesus has his final judge	ment d	ay.

	F	C
And I'll	hang around as long as you will	let me

	G	C	C7
And I never minded	standin' in the	rain	.

F	C
You don't have to call me darli	n', darlin'

	G	C
You never even	call me by my	name.

Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
and he told me it was the perfect country and western song
I wrote him back a letter and told him it was NOT the perfect
country and western song because he hadn't said anything about
Momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin' drunk.
Well, he sat down and 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 and western song. And I felt obliged to sing it for you today.
The last verse goes like this here:

	C	G	C	C7
Well, I was d	runk the day my M	om got outta p	rison.

	C	G	C	C7
And	I went to pick her	up in the r	ain.

	F	C	Am
But, be	fore I could get to the station in my	pickup t	ruck

D	G	G7
She got runned over by a damned old tr	ain.

	F	C
So I'll	hang around as long as you will	let me

	G	C	C7
And I never minded s	tandin' in the	rain.	No,

F	C
You don't have to call me darlin'	, darlin'

C	G	C	F
You never even	call me, I w	onder why you don't	call me

	C	G	F	C
Why	don't you ever	call me by my	name. By m	y name….