I Remember The Year That Clayton Delaney Died Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]I rem[G]em [C]ber[G] the[C] year
that [G]Clayton Delaney [C]died
They said [F]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 [C]he did
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 [C]around
I [F]often wondered why Clayton,
who seemed so good to [C]me
Never took his guitar
and [G]made it down in Ten[C]nessee
Daddy said he drank a lot,
but [G]I could never unders[C]tand
I [F]knew he used to pick up in Ohio
with a five -piece [C]band
[F]Clayton used to tell me, son,
you better put that old guitar [C]away
Ain't no money in it,
it'll [G]lead you to an early [C]grave
I guess if I'd admit it,
[G]Clayton taught me how to drink [C]booze
I [F]can see him half stoned
to pickin' up the lovesick [C]blues
When [F]Clayton died
I made him a promise
I was gonna carry on somehow
[C]I'd give a hundred dollars
if [G]he could only see me [C]now
I remember the year
that [G]Clayton Delaney [C]died
[F]Nobody ever knew it
but I went out in the woods and I [C]cried
Well I [F]know there's a lot of big preachers
That know a lot more than I do
[C]But it could be that the good Lord
[G]likes a little pickin' [C]too
Yeah, I remember the year
that [G]Clayton Delaney died
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