[Intro]

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 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]

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 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?