Chords
[Verse 1]
C Well, it was all, that I could doG7 to keep from Ccryin'
C7 SomeFtimes it seemed so useless to Cremain
C7 But Fyou don't have to call me darlin',C darlin'
You never even callG7 me by my Cname G7
[Verse 2]
C You don't haveG7 to call me Waylon CJennings
And you don't have to G7call me CharClie Pride
C7 AndF you don't have to call me MerCle Haggard anyAmmore D7
Even though you're on my fightin' G7side
[Chorus]
And I'll Fhang around as long as you will Clet me
And I never mindedG7 standin' in the rain C
C7 But Fyou don't have to call me darlin',C darlin'
You never even callG7 me by my Cname
[Verse 3]
G7 Well, CI've heard my nameG7 a few times in your Cphone book
And I've seen it on G7signs where I've Cplayed
C7 But the Fonly time I know I'll Chear "David Allan AmCoe"
Is whenD7 Jesus has his final judgment G7day
[Chorus]
So I'll Fhang around as long as you will Clet me
And I never mindedG7 standin' in the rain C
C7 But Fyou don't have to call me darlin',C darlin'
You never even callG7 me by my Cname G7
[Bridge]
CWell, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song
And he told me it G7was the perfect country and western song
I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country and western song
Because he hadn't said aCnything at all about mama, or trains,G7 or trucks, or prison,C or gettin' drunk
G7 Well he sat down and Cwrote 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:
[Verse 4]
Well, I was drunkC the day my G7mom got out of Cprison
And I went to pick her upG7 in the Crain
C7 But beFfore I could get to the station in my Cpickup Amtruck
D7 She got run over by a damned old G7train
[Chorus]
And I'll Fhang around as long as you will Clet me
And I never mindedG7 standin' in the Crain
No,C7 an' Fyou don't have to call me darlin',C darlin'
You never even callG7 me
Well, I Cwonder why you don't Fcall me
Why Cdon't you ever callG7 me by my Fname C