Tom T. Hall - The year clayton delaney died

^GI remember the year that ^D7Clayton Delaney ^Gdied ^G7 They ^Csaid for the last two weeks that he suffered and ^Gcried ^G7 It ^Cmade a big impression on me although I was a barefoot ^Gkid They said he got religion at the ^D7end and I'm glad that he ^Gdid

^GClayton was the best ^D7guitar picker in our ^Gtown ^G7 I ^Cthought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton ^Garound ^G7 I ^Coften wondered why Clayton who seemed so good to ^Gme Never took his guitar and ^D7made it down in Tennes^Gsee

^GWell daddy said he drank a lot but ^D7I could never under^Gstand^G7 I ^Cknew he used to picked up in Ohio with a five piece ^Gband ^{G7 C}Clayton used to tell me son you better put that old guitar ^Gaway Ain't no money in it it'll ^D7lead you to an early ^Ggrave

^GI guess if I'd admit it ^D7Clayton taught me how to drink ^Gbooze^{G7 C}I can see him half stoned a picking out the Lovesick ^GBlues ^G7 When ^CClayton died I made him a promise I was gonna carry on ^Gsomehow I'd give a hundred dollars if ^D7he could only see me ^Gnow

^GI remember the year that ^D7Clayton Delaney ^Gdied ^G7 No^Cbody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I ^Gcried ^G7 Well I ^Cknow there's a lotta big preachers that know a lot more than I ^Gdo But it could be that the good Lord ^D7likes a little picking ^Gtoo Yeah I remember the year that ^D7Clayton Delaney ^Gdied