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You Never Even Call me by My Name
Steve Goodman / John Prine
Verse 1
It was Gall that I could Ddo to keep from Gcryin'
SomeCtimes it seems so Duseless to Gremain
CYour the one who Dalways tried to Gchange Emme 
GThat is why I Dwill always Cstay the Gsame
Chorus:
And I'll Chang around as long as you will Glet me
CI never minded Dstandin' in the Grain
CYou don't have to Dcall me GDarlin',  EmDarlin'
But you Gnever even Dcall me by my CnameG  
Verse 2
GYou don't have to Dcall me Waylon GJennings
No, Cyou don't have to Dcall me Charlie GPride
And Cyou don't have to Dcall me Merle GHaggard...anymoreEm  
  A7Even though you know you're on my Dfightin' side
Chorus:
And I'll Chang around as long as you will Glet me
CI never minded Dstandin' in the rainG  
CYou don't have to Dcall me GDarlin',  EmDarlin'
But you Gnever even Dcall me by my CnameG  
Solo
Verse 3
I've Gseen my name a Dfew times in the Gphone book 
And on the Cneon sign above the Dbar I use to Gown 
There is Conly one thing Dthat I am Greally sure Emof
I'll gonna A7hear it when my savoir calls me Dhome
Spoken 
Well we left out a lot of stuff.
We left out: farms, mother, prison, trucks, trains, 
Getting drunk, thanks to Cole, and dead dogs like Old Shep,
And a big holiday like Christmas 
And with all due respect you can’t have a good country song without
Mother, prison, farms, trucks, trains, Getting drunk, 
And dead dogs like Old Shep.
So here’s the last verse.
Verse 4
GEver since the dog got drunk and Ddied and mama went to Gprison
Why Cnothin’ 'round this Dfarm’s been the Gsame
CYou know when mom Dbroke out last GChristmas,Em  
She drove that damned old A7getaway laundry truck right in to a Dtrain
Chorus:
And I'll Chang around as long as you will Glet me
CI never minded Dstandin' in the rainG  
CYou don't have to Dcall me GDarlin',  DarEmlin'
But you Gnever even Dcall me by my CnameG  

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You Never Even Call Me

by Steve Goodman

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You Never Even Call me by My Name

Steve Goodman / John Prine

Verse 1

G D G

It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'

C D G

Sometimes it seems so useless to remain

C D G Em

Your the one who always tried to change me

G D C G

That is why I will always stay the same

Chorus:

C G

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

C D G

I never minded standin' in the rain

C D G Em

You don't have to call me Darlin', Darlin'

G D C G

But you never even call me by my name

Verse 2

G D G

You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings

C D G

No, you don't have to call me Charlie Pride

C D G Em

And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard...anymore

A7 D

Even though you know you're on my fightin' side

Chorus:

C G

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

C D G

I never minded standin' in the rain

C D G Em

You don't have to call me Darlin', Darlin'

G D C G

But you never even call me by my name

Solo

Verse 3

G D G

I've seen my name a few times in the phone book

C D G

And on the neon sign above the bar I use to own

C D G Em

There is only one thing that I am really sure of

A7 D

I'll gonna hear it when my savoir calls me home

Spoken

Well we left out a lot of stuff.

We left out: farms, mother, prison, trucks, trains,

Getting drunk, thanks to Cole, and dead dogs like Old Shep,

And a big holiday like Christmas

And with all due respect you can’t have a good country song without

Mother, prison, farms, trucks, trains, Getting drunk,

And dead dogs like Old Shep.

So here’s the last verse.

Verse 4

G D G

Ever since the dog got drunk and died and mama went to prison

C D G

Why nothin’ 'round this farm’s been the same

C D G Em

You know when mom broke out last Christmas,

A7 D

She drove that damned old getaway laundry truck right in to a train

Chorus:

C G

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

C D G

I never minded standin' in the rain

C D G Em

You don't have to call me Darlin', Darlin'

G D C G

But you never even call me by my name

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