I Shot The Sheriff

Song I Shot The Sheriff
Artist Eric Clapton
Album 461 Ocean Boulevard

Lyrics

[00:00.92] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[00:10.46] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[00:21.40] All around in my home town
[00:25.58] they're trying to track me down.
[00:29.57]
[00:30.70] They say they want to bring me in guilty
[00:35.76] for the killing of a deputy,
[00:40.39] for the life of a deputy.
[00:45.01] But I say
[00:52.07] I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[01:01.96] I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence.
[01:13.35] Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
[01:18.16] for what I don't know.
[01:22.98] Every time that I plant a seed
[01:27.60] he said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[01:32.60] He said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[01:37.72] But I say
[01:39.16] I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[01:54.10] I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[02:01.60] Freedom came my way one day
[02:10.18] and I started out of town.
[02:13.18] All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
[02:20.19] aiming to shoot me down
[02:24.68] so I shot, I shot him down.
[02:30.56] But I say
[02:40.49] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[02:49.88] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[03:01.25] Reflexes got the better of me
[03:06.44] and what is to be, must be.
[03:10.63] Every day the bucket goes to well
[03:16.00] but one day the bottom wuill drop out,
[03:20.93] yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
[03:25.44] But I say
[03:29.13]
[03:32.25] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.