{"id":7543,"date":"2022-02-19T02:06:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T02:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:41:55","slug":"you-never-even-called-me-by-my-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/you-never-even-called-me-by-my-name\/","title":{"rendered":"You Never Even Called me by my Name"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Alen Coe – VERY SLOWLY<\/span><\/div>\n
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[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>Well it was [G] all that I could [D] do to keep from [G] cryin'\r\n<\/span><\/span>Some- [C] times it seemed so useless to [G] remain\r\n<\/span><\/span>But [C] you don't have to call me darlin'  [G]   darlin'\r\n<\/span><\/span>You [G] never even [D] call me by my [G] name   [D]<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>[G]<\/span> You don't have to [D]<\/span> call me Waylon [G] Jennings\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [C] you don't have to [D]<\/span> call me Charley [G]<\/span> Pride\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [C]you don't have to call me Merle [G]<\/span> Haggard anymore [Em]\r\n<\/span><\/span>[A]  Even though you're on my fightin' [D]<\/span> side\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<\/span>And I'll [C] hang around as long as you will [G]<\/span> let me \r\n<\/span><\/span>and I [C] never minded [D]<\/span> standing in the [G]<\/span> rain.   [G7]<\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span>But [C] you don't have to call me darlin'  [G]<\/span>  darlin' \r\n<\/span><\/span>you [G]<\/span> never even [D]<\/span> call me by my [G]<\/span> name [D]<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span>Well [G]<\/span> I've seen my name a [D]<\/span> few times in your [G]<\/span> phonebook  \r\n<\/span><\/span>And I've [C] seen it on [D]<\/span> signs where I've [G]<\/span> played   [G7]<\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span>But the [C] only time I know I'll hear [G]<\/span> Robert Andrews [Em]\r\n<\/span><\/span>Is when [A] Jesus has his final judgement [D]<\/span> day\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } \r\nAnd I'll [C] hang around as long as you will [G]<\/span> let me \r\nand I [C] never minded [D]<\/span> standing in the [G]<\/span> rain. \r\n[G7]<\/span> But [C] you don't have to call me darlin' [G]<\/span> darlin' \r\nyou [G]<\/span> never even [D]<\/span> call me by my [G]<\/span> name [D]<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Recitation]\r\n<\/span>[Random strumming]  [G] So I've heard this called <\/span>the perfect country and western song. [D] Now it was a good song, but it was NOT <\/span>the perfect country and western song, [G] b<\/span>ecause it doesn't say anything at all about [C] mama, o<\/span>r trains or trucks or prison or gettin' [G] drunk.  [G7]\r\n\r\n<\/span>So they [C] rewrote it a bit, but to me, it still wasn't the perfect country and western song.  [G] It doesn't mention dogs.  So after a night of drinkin, [D] Jasmmine told me \"Robert, she said, [G] you gotta add in something about dogs.\" [D] I did . . . and here's how it goes now.<\/span>\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span>Well I was [G] drunk the day my [D] mama got out of [G] prison\r\n<\/span><\/span>And we [C] went to pick her [D] up in the [G] rain   [G7]\r\n<\/span><\/span>Before my [C] dog and I could get to the station in our [G] pickup [Em] truck\r\n<\/span><\/span>[A] She got run'd over by a damned old [D] train\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n<\/span>So I'll [C] hang around as long as you will [G]<\/span> let me \r\nand I [C] never minded [D]<\/span> standing in the [G]<\/span> rain. \r\n[G7]<\/span> But [C] you don't have to call me darlin' [G]<\/span> darlin' \r\nyou [G]<\/span> never even [D]<\/span> call me \r\n<\/span><\/span>well I [G] wonder why you don't [C] call me, \r\n<\/span><\/span>why [G] dont you ever [D] call me by my [C] name.  [G]\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
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David Alen Coe – VERY SLOWLY [Verse 1] Well it was [G] all that I could [D] do to keep from [G] cryin’ Some- [C] times it seemed so useless to [G] remain But [C] you don’t have to call me darlin’ [G] darlin’ You [G] never even [D] call … CLICK TO VIEW SONGYou Never Even Called me by my Name<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-country-western","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}