You Never Even Call Me By My Name chords by Steve Goodman

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

e|-------|--7---7----|--5---5----|--3---3---3p2p0-|------------|-3----|
B|-------|-----------|-----------|----------------|------------|-0----|
G|-4-5-6-|-7---7---7-|-5---5---5-|-4---4----------|------------|-0----|
D|-------|-----------|-----------|----------------|------------|-0----|
A|-------|-----------|-----------|----------------|-5--3--2--0-|------|
E|-------|-----------|-----------|----------------|------------|-3----|



🎸 Verse 1:
       G                D               G
It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
    G                 D            G     G7
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
C                                  G
You're the one who always tried to change me
    G                D               G     G7
And that is why I'll always stay the same

🎸 Chorus:
         C                               G
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G              D               G     G7
I never minded standin' in the rain
C                                    G
You don't have to call me "darlin'", darlin'
        G          D          G
But you never even call me by name


🎸 Verse 2:
G                 D              G
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
   G                 D               G     G7
No you don't have to call me Charlie Pride
    C                               G
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard, anymore
     G                      D              G
Even though you know you're on my fightin' side


🎸 Chorus:
         C                               G
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G              D               G     G7
I never minded standin' in the rain
C                                    G
You don't have to call me "darlin'", darlin'
        G          D          G
But you never even call me by name


C'mon now
🎸 Solo:
|| G | D | G | G ||
|| G | D | G | G7 ||
|| C | C | G | G ||
|| G | D | G | G ||


🎸 Verse 3:
     G              D                G
I've seen my name a few times in the phonebook (hello, hello, hello)
           G                   D             G     G7
And on the neon sign above the bar I used to own
         C                              G
There is only one thing that I'm really sure of
             G               D               G
I'm going to hear it when my Savior calls me home


🎸 Chorus:
                   C                               G
'Til that day I'll hang around as long as you will let me
G              D               G     G7
I never minded standin' in the rain
C                                    G
You don't have to call me "darlin'", darlin'
        G          D          G
But you never even call me by name


Tag:
C
It's not her heart lord, it's her mind
           G
She didn't mean to be unkind
        G          D             C   G
And you never even call me by my na____me


Bye, baby



NOTES:

The recording of this is pitch-adjusted so it's somewhere in between F# and G. If you want to play with
the album you'll have to figure out the tuning. The intro tab here is approximate and a variation on what
Goodman plays. It's not note-for-note accurate, but it's not too far off and in the spirit of what he plays.

Chord charts

🎸 Verse:
|| G | D | G | G ||
|| G | D | G | G7 ||
|| C | C | G | G ||
|| G | D | G | G7 ||

🎸 Chorus:
|| C | C | G | G ||
|| G | D | G | G7 ||
|| C | C | G | G ||
|| G | D | G | G ||