The Year That Clayton Delaney Died original guitar chords by
Tom T. Hall

1971Country1.3K views

Key: Db major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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I remember the year
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that Clayton Delaney died
Gb Gb 2
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They said for the last two weeks
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that he suffered and cried
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It made a big impression on me
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although I was a barefoot kid
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They said he got religion at the end
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and I'm glad that he did

Verse 2
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Clayton was the best guitar   picker
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in our town
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I thought he was a hero
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and I used to follow Clayton around
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I often wondered wondered why Clayton
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who seemed so good to me
Never took his guitar
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and made  it down in Tennessee

Verse 3
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Oh, Daddy said he drank a lot
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but I     could never understand
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I knew he used to picked up in Ohio
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with a five piece band
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Clayton used to tell me son
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you better put that old guitar away
There ain't no money money in it
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it'll lead  you to an early gray

Verse 4
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I guess if I'd admit it
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Clayton taught me how to drink booze
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I   can see him half stoned
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pickin` up the Lovesick blues
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When Clayton died I made him a promise
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I was gonna carry on somehow
I'd give a hundred dollars
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if he    could only see me now

Verse 5
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I remember the year
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that Clayton Delaney died
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Nobo  dy ever knew it
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but I went out in the woods and I cried
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Well I know there's a lotta big preachers
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that know a lot more than I do
But it could be that the good Lord
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likes a little picking too
Yeah I remember the year
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that Clayton Delaney died

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