Clay And Ottie Chords
by Blue Highway
Clay And Ottie by Blue Highway is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, G, B and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro - D G B A G
D A B A G
Verse: D G
Clay listen close to what your brother says
B A G
My momma stood awaitin' by the door
D A
While daddy he was way off in the woods
B A G
He never saw his boy alive no more
Verse:
When Clay and Ottie came to work in Cleveland
It was hard to find a job in thirty-two
Then Ottie came down sick and Clay was helpless
To stop his greatest fear from comin' true
Chorus: A D G D A
Home is all I have left in this world to hold on to
A G D A
But now they've let it go and I've nothin' left to show
B A G
It'll never be the same to me no more
Break: Verse chords
Verse: Now livin' on the farm was all we knew
And in my mind I see the home place still
But they said they'd raher sell and go to rentin'
Than leave poor Ottie in some potter's field
Verse: My daddy never owned another farm
And he grew to be an old and bitter man
While momma stares off down the gravel road
She can still see Ottie stop and wave again
Chorus: A D G D A
Home is all I have left in this world to hold on to
A G D A
But now they've let it go and I've nothin' left to show
A D G D A
Home is all I have left in this world to hold on to
A G D A
But now they've let it go and I've nothin' left to show
B A G
It'll never be the same to me no more
B A G
It'll never be the same to me no more
End with G