Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff

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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
 
Eb     Dm7        Gm
All around in my home town
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They're trying to track me down
Eb                 Dm7            Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty
Eb            Dm7    Gm
For the killing of a deputy
Eb         Dm7    Gm
For the life of a deputy    But I say?
 
Riff
 
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I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
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I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
 
Eb      Dm7         Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
Eb     Dm7        Gm
For what I don't know
Eb     Dm7         Gm
Every time that I plant a seed
Eb               Dm7        Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows"
Eb               Dm7        Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows", I say!

Riff
 
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I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
Gm                 Cm7                     Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
 
Eb      Dm7        Gm
Freedom came my way one day
Eb      Dm7          Gm
And I started out of town yeah
Eb        Dm7          Gm
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Eb         Dm7      Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
   Eb   Dm7   Gm
So I shot, I shot him down, I say!
 
Gm                 Cm7                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm                 Cm7                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy

Eb     Dm7        Gm
Reflexes got the better of me
Eb     Dm7        Gm
And what is to be must be
Eb     Dm7            Gm
Every day the bucket falls to the well
Eb              Dm7         Gm
But one day the bottom will drop out
Eb          Dm7               Gm
Yes, one day one day the bottom will drop out   But I say
 
Riff

Gm                 Cm7                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no
Gm                 Cm7                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy, oh no

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