The Year That Clayton Delaney Died Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I re[C]member the year
that [G]Clayton Delaney [C]died
They [F]said for the last two weeks
that he suffered and [C]cried
It [F]made 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 that he [C]did

[Verse 2]
[C]Clayton was the best gui[G]tar picker
in our [C]town
I [F]thought he was a hero
and I used to follow Clayton a[C]round
I [F]often wondered wondered why Clayton
who seemed so good to [C]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 unders[C]tand
I [F]knew 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 a[C]way
There ain't no money money in it
it'll [G]lead you to an early [C]gray

[Verse 4]
I [C]guess if I'd admit it
[G]Clayton taught me how to drink [C]booze
[F]I can see him half stoned
pickin` up the Lovesick [C]blues
When [F]Clayton died I made him a promise
I was gonna carry on some[C]how
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
No[F]bo dy ever knew it
but I went out in the woods and I [C]cried
Well I [F]know there's a lotta big preachers
that know a lot more than I [C]do
But it could be that the good Lord
[G]likes a little picking [C]too
Yeah I remember the year
that [G]Clayton Delaney [C]died