Chords for Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff (1985) HQ

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[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ but I didn't have to [Gm] call the deputy.
The police _ found, _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] tracked me [Gm] down, _ yes.
_ [Dm] They didn't want to [Gm] bring me this duty,
_ [Eb] _ [Dm] or the killing of a [Gm] deputy, _
or [Eb] the death [D] of a [Gm] deputy. _
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_ _ _ _ shot the sheriff, _
[Cm] but I swear it [Gm] wasn't self-defense. _
_ _ _ _ I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ and they said it was [Gm] a capital offense.
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[Gm] The word he's saying to [Eb] me, _ [Dm] what I [Gm] don't know,
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] never a [Gm] time I see, [Eb] said killings [Dm] for the [Gm] road.
_ [Eb] Said killings [Dm] for the [Gm] road.
I [F] said no.
[D] I _
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shot the sheriff, _ [Cm] but I did not shoot [Gm] no deputy.
I _ _ _ _ shot the sheriff, _ [Cm] but I did not shoot [Gm] no deputy.
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_ [Dm] Rita came, [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ yeah. _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] I [Gm] seen Sheriff come, [Eb] _ [Dm] and he just shoot me [Gm] down.
_ So [Eb] I, I had to shoot him [Gm] down.
Rita [G] turned the news.
[D] I _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ shot the _ _ sheriff, _ [Cm] but I did not shoot [Gm] no deputy.
No, no, no.
No, no, no.
I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ but I did not shoot [Gm] no deputy. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] Rita came, [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ yeah.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] Ghost of the world.
_ [Eb] _ [Dm] One day, the boss of [Gm] the drug counter,
he said, [Eb] one day, one [Dm] day, the boss of [Gm] the drug counter,
I [F] said, _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] I shot the sheriff, _
[Cm] but I did not shoot [Gm] no deputy. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I did not shoot [Gm] no deputy. _ _
No, no, no.
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] Thank you. _
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