Verse 1
       G5                D5               G5
It was all that I could do to keep from cryin'
    C5                 D5          G5
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
C5                D5               G5     E5
Your the one who always tried to change me 
G5             D5           C5        G5
That is why I will always stay the same


Chorus:
         C5                               G5
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C5              D5               G5
I never minded standin' in the rain
C5                 D5       G5         E5
You don't have to call me Darlin',  Darlin'
        G5          D5             C5     G5
But you never even call me by my name


Verse 2
G5                 D5              G5
You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings
    C5                 D5               G5
No, you don't have to call me Charlie Pride
    C5                 D5             G5                E5
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard...anymore
A5                                  D5
  Even though you know you're on my fightin' side


Chorus:
         C5                               G5
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C5              D5                   G5
I never minded standin' in the rain
C5                 D5       G5         E5
You don't have to call me Darlin',  Darlin'
        G5          D5             C5     G5
But you never even call me by my name


Solo


Verse 3
     G5              D5                G5
I've seen my name a few times in the phone book 
           C5                   D5            G5
And on the neon sign above the bar I use to own 
         C5              D5         G5           E5
There is only one thing that I am really sure of
           A5                              D5
I'll gonna hear it when my savoir calls me home

Spoken 
Well we left out a lot of stuff.
We left out: farms, mother, prison, trucks, trains, 
Getting drunk, thanks to Cole, and dead dogs like Old Shep,
And a big holiday like Christmas 
And with all due respect you can?t have a good country song without
Mother, prison, farms, trucks, trains, Getting drunk, 
And dead dogs like Old Shep.
So here?s the last verse.
  

Verse 4
G5                                D5                     G5
Ever since the dog got drunk and died and mama went to prison
    C5                   D5               G5
Why nothin? 'round this farm?s been the same
C5                 D5              G5          E5
You know when mom broke out last Christmas,
                          A5                                  D5
She drove that damned old getaway laundry truck right in to a train


Chorus:
         C5                               G5
And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
C5              D5                   G5
I never minded standin' in the rain
C5                 D5       G5            E5
You don't have to call me Darlin',  Darlin'
        G5          D5             C5     G5
But you never even call me by my name