C It was all that I could G do
to keep from cr C yin'
someti F mes it seems so useless to re C main
F You don't have to call me darlin', C darlin'
You never even ca G ll me by my n C ame.
Y C ou don't have t G o call me Waylon Jen C nings
A C nd you don't have to c G all me Charlie Pr C ide.
Y F ou don't have to call me Merle Ha C ggard, an Am ymore.
E D ven though your on my fightin' s G ide.
CHORUS
And I'll h F ang around as long as you will l C et me
And I never minded sta G ndin' in the rain.
Y F ou don't have to call me darlin' C , darlin'
You never even c G all me by my n C ame.
I've heard my name a few times in your phone book
I've seen it on signs where I've laid
But the only time I know, I'll hear David Allan Coe
Is when Jesus has his final judgement day.
CHORUS:
(enter now the Steve Goodman story. The first half is played with a background
of C and G. Just before Steve writes back with the perfect Country and
Western song, it is just a straight background C chord.
Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison.
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train.
CHORUS:
So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin' in the rain. No,
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
Y C ou never even c G all me, I wo F nder why you don't c C all me
Why d F on't you ever c C all me by my n G ame. C F C
Merle Haggard
