Tom: C
[Intro]
C C G7/B C
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C C G7/B C
Well it was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
[Primeira Parte]
F C
Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain
F C
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
C G C G7
You never even call me by my name
[Segunda Parte]
C G C
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
C G C C7
And you don't have to call me Charley Pride
F C Am
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore
D7 G G7
Even though you're on my fightin' side
[Refrão]
F7M C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain
F7M C
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
C G C G
You never even call me by my name
[Terceira Parte]
C G C
Well I've heard my name a few times in your phonebook (hello hello)
C 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
D7 G G7
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day
[Refrão]
F7M C
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain
F7M C
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
C G C G
You never even call me by my name
[Ponte]
C
Well a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
G
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
C
Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama
G C G
Or trains or trucks or prison or gettin' drunk
C
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 include it on this album.
The last verse goes like this here:
[Quarta Parte]
C G C
Well I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
C 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
D7 G G7
She got run'd over by a damned old train
[Refrão]
F7M C
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G C C7
and I never minded standing in the rain
F7M C
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
C G
You never even call me
C F
Well I wonder why you don't call me
C G F7M C
Why don't you ever call me by my name?
