The Year That Clayton Delaney Died — Tom T. Hall
Chords and lyrics for The Year That Clayton Delaney Died by Tom T. Hall (key of C#).
Verse 1
The Year That Clayton Delaney Died:Tom T. Hall.
CANADIAN RPM Country #6, US Country #1.
#42 CANADIAN RPM Singles #42 BB hot 100 on
MERCURY Records in 1971.
[Ab] [Db] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
#1.
I [Db]remember the year that [Ab]Clayton Delaney [Db]died.
They [Gb]said for the last two weeks that he suffered
and [Db]cried.
It [Gb]made a big impression on me, although I was a
barefoot [Db]kid.
They said he got religion at the [Ab]end and I'm glad
that he [Db]did.
#2.
[Db]Clayton was the best guitar [Ab]picker in our [Db]town.
I [Gb]thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton
[Db]around.
I [Gb]often wondered why Clayton, who seemed so good to [Db]me,
never took his [Dbm]guitar and [Ab]made it down in [Db]Tenn-o-see.
#3.
Well, [Db]Daddy said he drank a lot, but [Ab]I could never [Db]understand.
I [Gb]knew he used to pick up in Ohio with a five-piece [Db]band.
[Gb]Clayton used to [Db]tell me, [Gb]son, you better put that old guitar
[Db]away.
[Db]There ain't no money in it, it'll [Ab]lead you to an early [Db]grave.
#4.
I [Db]guess if I'd admit it, [Ab]Clayton taught me how to drink [Db]booze.
I can [Gb]see him [Db]half-stoned, [Gb]a-pickin' out the Lovesick [Db]Blues.
When [Gb]Clayton died I [Db]made him a [Gb]promise, I was gonna carry on
[Db]somehow.
I'd give a hundred dollars if [Ab]he could only see me [Db]now.
#5.
I [Db]remember the year that [Ab]Clayton Delaney [Db]died.
[Gb]Nobody ever knew it, but I went out in the woods and I [Db]cried.
[Db]Well, I [Gb]know there's a lotta big preachers that know a lot more
than I [Db]do.
But it could be that the Good Lord [Ab]likes a little pickin', [Db]too.
Yeah, I [Db]remember the year that [Ab]Clayton Delaney [Db]died.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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