Chords for Sonny James / The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

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_ _ [C] _ _ [G] You [C] I remember the year [G] that Clayton Delaney [C] died
_ _ [F] Said for the last two weeks that he suffered [C] in crime
_ _ [F] It made a big impression on me
Although I was a barefoot [C] kid
Said he got religion [G] at the end and I'm glad that [C] he did
_ [G] _ [C] Now Clayton was the best [G] guitar
Picker in [C] our town.
_ _ [F] I thought he was a hero.
I used to follow Clayton [C] around I
_ [F] often wondered why Clayton
Who seems so good [C] to me?
Never took his [G] guitar and beat it down until [C] Lucy
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ Daddy said he drank a lot, but I could never [C] understand _
_ [F] I knew he used to pick up in Ohio in 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 early [C] grave. _
[G] _ [C] I
Remember the [G] times Clayton taught me how [C] to pick too _
_ [F] used to sit around
Picking out the lipstick
[C] _ _
_ [F] When Clayton died I made him a promise I was gonna carry on [C] somehow
Give a hundred [G] dollars
Suddenly [C] now _
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] I
[C] Remember the year [G] the Clayton Delaney [C] died
_ _ [F] Nobody ever knew it, but I went in and wasn't [C] a crime
_ _ [F] Well, I know there's a lot of big creatures that know a lot more than [C] I do
But it could be the good [G] Lord likes a little fish [C] in too.
_ [G] _ [C] I
Remember the year