I Shot The Sheriff
By Eric Clapton
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#english
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Dm
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I Shot The Sheriff
Verse 1
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
,
but I didn?t shoot no
Dm
deputy
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
,
but I didn?t shoot no
Dm
deputy
Gm
All a
Am
round in my
Dm
hometown,
Gm
Theyre
Am
trying to
track me
Dm
down,
Gm
They
Am
say they want to
bring me
Dm
in guilty, For the
Gm
killing of a
Am
depu
Dm
ty
For the
Gm
life of a,
Am
depu
Dm
ty But I say
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
,
but I swear it was in
Dm
self-defence
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
,
and they say it is a
Dm
capital offence
Gm
Sheriff
Am
John Brown, always
Dm
hated me
Gm
For
Am
what I dont
Dm
know,
Gm
Every
Am
time I
Dm
plant a seed
He said
Gm
kill it b
Am
4 it
Dm
grows, He said
Gm
kill them
be
Am
fore they
Dm
grow And so,
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
but I swear it was in
Dm
self-defence,
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
but I swear it was in
Dm
self-defence,
Gm
Freedom
Am
came my way
Dm
one day
Gm
And I
Am
started out of
Dm
town,
Gm
All of a
Am
sudden
I saw
Dm
Sheriff John Brown,
Gm
Aiming to
Am
shoot me
Dm
down
So I
Gm
shot I
Am
shot, I shot him
Dm
down But I say
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
,
but I did not shoot the
Dm
deputy
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
,
but I did not shoot the
Dm
deputy
Gm
Reflexes
Am
got the
Dm
better of me,
Gm
And what is to
Am
be must
Dm
be
Gm
Every
Am
day the bucket, goes
Dm
to the well
Gm
But one
Am
day the bottom,
Dm
will drop out
Gm7
One
Am
day the bottom,
Dm
will drop out I say (riff)
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
,
but I did not shoot the
Dm
deputy
Dm
I shot the Sheriff
Gm
,
but I did not shoot no
Dm
deputy