B F# It was all that I could do B to keep from cryinʼ E B sometimes it seems so useless to remain E B You donʼt have to call me darlinʼ, darlinʼ F# B You never even call me by my name. B F# B You donʼt have to call me Waylon Jennings B F# B And you donʼt have to call me Charlie Pride. E B G#m You donʼt have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore. C# F# Even though your on my fightinʼ side. Chorus: E B And Iʼll hang around as long as you will let me F# And I never minded standinʼ in the rain. E B You donʼt have to call me darlinʼ, darlinʼ F# B 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 B F# E B You never even call me, I wonder why you donʼt call me E B F# B E B Why donʼt you ever call me by my name.