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

_ _ I want to sing a song [C] about _ my [Gm] _ hero.
When I was a little boy, about seven or eight years old,
[C] _ [F] this man was [Eb] my [Ab] hero.
And I wrote a song about him, and I sing it everywhere [C] I go.
_ [G] _ _ And I want to _ [C] _ _ dedicate it to him and sing it for you folks.
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_ [G] _ _ [A] _ [C] I remember the [G] years that Clayton Delaney [C] _ Yeah
_ They _ _ [F] said, boy, that was _ _ _ a sad [C] and proud
Oh, _ _ it [F] made a big impression on me
Oh, _ _ [C] yeah
_ They said he got religion at [G] the end, and I'm glad that [C] he did _
You _ _ know, Clayton was the best [G] guitar picker in [C] our town
I _ _ _ [F] thought he was a hero, I used to follow [C] Clayton [B] around
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] Clayton used to tell me, son, you better put that old [C] guitar away
_ Ain't no money in it, [G] it'll lead you to an [C] early grave
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_ [C] _ _ _ Daddy said he drank a lot, [G] but I could never [C] understand _ _
I _ _ [F] knew he used to pick up now howl with a [C] five-piece _ band
_ I _ [F] found Black Clayton, who seemed so [C] good
_ _ Never took his guitar, [G] made it down in ten [C] _ _
-ohs
_ _ Lot of guests, if I'd admit it, [G] Clayton taught me how to [C] drink _ _
_ _ I [F] can see him half-scoldin', pickin' up the love [C]-sick blues
_ _ _ When [F] Clayton died, I made him a promise
I was gonna carry on [C] somehow
_ _ I'd give a hundred dollars [G] if he could only see [C] me [B] now
[C] Church Street Station
I remember the [G] years at Clayton Delaney
[C] That _ _ _ _ _ [F] nobody knew about
I went out in the woods and I [C] cried _
_ _ _ I [F] know there's a lot of big preachers
And they know a lot [C] more than I do
Could be that the good [Cm] [G] Lord likes a little [C] pickin' _
_ Boy, I hope so
I remember the [G] years at Clayton Delaney [C] Dad _ _
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