The Year That Clayton Delaney Died Chords by Tom T. Hall

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I [C#] remember the year [G#] that Clayton Delaney [C#] died. _
[A#m] They [F#] said for the last two weeks that he suffered and [C#] cried. _
[A#m] It [F#] made a big impression on me, although I was a barefoot [C#] kid.
They said he got religion at [G#] the end, and I'm glad that [C#] he did. _ _
Clayton was the best [G#] guitar picker in [C#] our town. _ _
[F#] I thought he was a hero, and I used to follow Clayton [C#] around. _ _
[F] [F#] I often wondered why Clayton, who seemed so good [C#] to me,
never took [A#m] his guitar [G#] and made it down in [C#] Tennessee. _ _
Well, Daddy said he drank a lot, [G#] but I could never [C#] understand. _ _
[C#] [F#] I knew he used to pick up in Ohio with a five [C#]-piece band. _
[F#] Clayton used to tell me, son, you better put that old guitar [C#] away.
There ain't no money in it.
[G#] It'll lead you to an [C#] early grave. _ _
I guess if I'd admit [G#] it, Clayton taught me how to [C#] drink booze. _
[F#] I can see him half-stoned to picking up the [A#m] lovesick blues.
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[F#] When Clayton died, I made him a promise I was gonna carry on [C#] somehow.
I'd give $100 [G#] if he could only see me [C#] now. _ _
I remember the [G#] year that Clayton Delaney [C#] died. _
[F#] Nobody ever knew it, but I went out in the woods and [C#] I cried. _
[F] Well, [F#] I know there's a lot of big preachers that know a lot more than [C#] I do,
but it could be that the good [G#] Lord likes a little picking, [C#] too. _ _
Yeah, I remember the [G#] year that Clayton Delaney [C#] died. _ _