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

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