Tom T. Hall – The Year Clayton Delaney Died (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
G D7 G G7 I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died C G G7 They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried C G It made a big impression on me although I was a barefoot kid D7 G They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did
[Verse 2]
G D7 G G7 Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town C G G7 I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around C G I often wondered why Clayton who seemed so good to me D7 G Never took his guitar and made it down in Tennessee
[Verse 3]
G D7 G G7 Well daddy said he drank a lot but I could never understand C G G7 I knew he used to picked up in Ohio with a five piece band C G Clayton used to tell me son you better put that old guitar away D7 G Ain't no money in it it'll lead you to an early grave
[Verse 4]
G D7 G G7 I guess if I'd admit it Clayton taught me how to drink booze C G G7 I can see him half stoned a picking out the Lovesick Blues C G When Clayton died I made him a promise I was gonna carry on somehow D7 G I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now
[Verse 5]
G D7 G G7 I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died C G G7 Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried C G Well I know there's a lotta big preachers that know a lot more than I do D7 G But it could be that the good Lord likes a little picking too D7 G Yeah I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died