C                       G                                   C
  Well It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
            F                                       C
  Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
        F                                      C
 But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
  C                     G                    C      G
  You never even called me by my name.

  C                  G                  C                   
  You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
   C                           G               C
  And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride.
        F                                         C                   Am
  And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore.
        D                                     G
  Even though your on my fightin' side.

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      F                                   C
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C                   G                           C
And I never minded standin' in the rain.
F                                C
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
C                 G             C           G
You never even called me by my name.       

C                               G                        C
I've heard my name a few times in your phone book
F                                      C
I've seen it on signs where I've played
F                                       C
But the only time I know, I'll hear David Allan Coe
D                                                   G
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day.

CHORUS...

            C                G             C
Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison.
   C                    G                 C
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
     F                                                         C             Am
But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
D                                   G
She got runned over by a damned old train.

CHORUS:

F                                                          C
And  I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C                            G                     C            G
And I never minded standin' in the rain. No,
F                                      C
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
          C              G          C                    F
You never even called me, I wonder why you don't call me
          C                  G                    F                G C
Why don't you ever call me by my name.