{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":845292,"song":"You Never Even Called Me By My Name","artist":"David Allan Coe","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11600366-you-never-even-called-me-by-my-name-chords-by-david-allan-coe/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/845292?type=chord","rating":4.83787,"votes":1234,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Well, it was all that I could do to keep from cryin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes it seemed so useless to remain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you don't have to call me darlin' - darlin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou never even call me by my name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou don't have to call me Waylon Jennings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you don't have to call me Charley Pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Even though you're on my fightin' side[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll hang around as long as you will let me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nand I never minded standing in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you don't have to call me darlin' - darlin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou never even call me by my name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I've heard my name a few times in your phonebook, hello hello[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd I've seen it on signs where I've played[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut the only time I know I'll hear David Allan Coe[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs when Jesus has his final judgement day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I'll hang around as long as you will let me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nand I never minded standing in the rain.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you don't have to call me darlin' - darlin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou never even call me by my name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Recitation]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song, and he told me it was[/tab]\r\n\r\nthe perfect country and western song\r\n\r\nI wrote him back a letter and told him\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was not the perfect country and western song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBecause he hadn't said anything at all about mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr trains or trucks or prison or gettin' drunk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd after reading it I realized\r\n\r\nThat my friend had written the perfect country and western song\r\n\r\nAnd I felt obliged to include it on this album\r\n\r\nThe last verse goes like this here\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd I went to pick her up in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut before I could get to the station in a pickup truck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   She got run'd over by a damned old train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll hang around as long as you will let me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nand I never minded standing in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you don't have to call me darlin' - darlin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou never even called me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, I wonder why you don't call me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy don't you ever call me by my name[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Recitation]\n\n\nthe perfect country and western song\n\nI wrote him back a letter and told him\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd after reading it I realized\n\nThat my friend had written the perfect country and western song\n\nAnd I felt obliged to include it on this album\n\nThe last verse goes like this here\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]","chords":["C","G","F","Am","D","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}