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The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

The Year That Clayton Delaney Died chords

by Tom T. Hall

Year: 1971

Genre: Country

Guitar
Tuning E A D G B E
Capo Fret 1
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Capo

C
G
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Intro 1

C

G

C

G

Verse 1

I re

C

member

the year

that

G

Clayton

Delaney

C

died

They said

F

for

the last

two

weeks

that

he suffered

and

C

cried

It made

F

a

big impression on

me

although

I

was a

barefoot

C

kid

They

said he

got religion

at

the

G

end

and I'm

glad

C

that he did

Verse 2

C

Clayton

was the

best

G

guitar

picker

in our

C

town

I

F

thought he was a

hero

and I used to

follow

Clayton

C

around

I

F

often

wondered wondered

why Clayton

who seemed so good

C

to me

Never took

his

guitar

and

G

made it

down in

Tennes_

C

see

Verse 3

Oh,

C

Daddy said he

drank a lot

but

G

I could

never

under

C

stand

I knew

F

he

used to

picked up in Ohio

with a

five piece

C

band

F

Clayton

used to

tell

me son

you better

put that

old guitar

C

away

There ain't no money

money in it

it'll

G

lead you

to an

early

C

gray

Verse 4

I guess

C

if

I'd admit it

G

Clayton

taught me

how to drink

C

booze

I

F

can

see him half stoned

pickin` up

the

Lovesick

C

blues

F

When Clayton

died I made

him a promise

I was gonna carry

on

C

somehow

I'd give a hundred

dollars

if

G

he could

only

see me

C

now

Verse 5

I

re

C

member

the year

that

G

Clayton

Delaney

C

died

Nobo_

F

dy

ever knew it

but I went out

in the woods

and

C

I cried

Well

I know

F

there's

a lotta big

preachers

that know a lot

more

than

C

I do

But it could be

that the good Lord

G

likes a little

picking

C

too

Yeah

I re

member

the year

that

G

Clayton

Delaney

C

died

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