C G It was all that I could do C to keep from cryinʼ F C sometimes it seems so useless to remain F C You donʼt have to call me darlinʼ, darlinʼ G C You never even call me by my name. C G C You donʼt have to call me Waylon Jennings C G C And you donʼt have to call me Charlie Pride. F C Am You donʼt have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore. D G Even though your on my fightinʼ side. Chorus: F C And Iʼll hang around as long as you will let me G And I never minded standinʼ in the rain. F C You donʼt have to call me darlinʼ, darlinʼ G C You never even call me by my name. Iʼve heard my name a few times in your phone book Iʼve seen it on signs where Iʼve laid But the only time I know, Iʼll hear David Allan Coe Is when Jesus has his final judgement day. Chorus. 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 Iʼll hang around as long as you will let me And I never minded standinʼ in the rain. No, You donʼt have to call me darlinʼ, darlinʼ C G F C You never even call me, I wonder why you donʼt call me F C G C F C Why donʼt you ever call me by my name.
