I Shot The Sheriff Chords by Eric Clapton

[G] I [Gm] shot the sheriff, _ [Cm] but [Eb] I did not shoot [Gm] the deputy. _ _ _ _ _ _
I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ but I [Gm] didn't shoot the deputy.
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[Dm] All around in [Gm] my hometown, _ they're trying [F] to track me [Gm] down.
_ _ [Bb] They say [Dm] they want to bring me [Gm] in guilty
for [Eb] the killing [F] of a deputy,
[Gm] _ _ _ for the life [Dm] of a [Gm] deputy.
But I [F] say, [D] _
[C] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Gm] I shot the sheriff,
[Cm] _ but I swear it [Gm] was in self-defense. _ _ _ _ _
I shot the sheriff,
[Cm] _ they say it is [Gm] a capital offense.
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[Dm] Sheriff John Brown [Gm] always painted [Bb] me
for [Dm] what I [Gm] don't know.
_ _ Every [Dm] time [Gm] that I plant a seed,
[Bb] he said [Dm] kill it before [Gm] it grows.
_ He said kill [Dm] it before [Gm] it grows.
[F] I say, [D] _
[C] _ [Bb] _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] I [Gm] shot the sheriff,
[Cm] _ but I [Gm] swear it was in self-defense.
_ I _ _ _ shot the sheriff,
[Cm] _ but I swear it was [G] in self [Gm]-defense.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Dm] Freedom came my [Gm] way one day,
[Cm] _ [Bb] _
[Dm] and I started [Gm] out down there.
_ [Eb] _
[Dm] All of a sudden [Gm] I see Sheriff John Brown, _
[F] ready to [Gm] shoot me down.
_ [Eb] So I shot, [Dm] I [G] shot him down.
I [Dm] say, _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I shot the sheriff,
[Cm] _ but I did not shoot [Gm] the deputy. _
_ _ _ _ I shot the sheriff,
[Eb] _ but [Cm] I did [Gm] not shoot the deputy. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] Reflexes got [Gm] the better of me,
_ [Eb] _ [F] and what is to [Gm] be must be.
_ _ [Eb] Every [Dm] day the buck [Gm] goes to the well,
_ [Eb] but one day [Dm] the buck will [Gm] drop out.
_ [Eb] Yes, [F] one day the [Gm] buck will drop out.
I [F] [C] say, [Bbm] _ [C] _
[Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ I [Gm] shot the sheriff,
[Cm] but I didn't shoot [Gm] the deputy. _
Oh no.
_ _ I shot the sheriff,
[Cm] _ but I did not [Gm] shoot no deputy. _
Oh no.
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