I Shot the Sheriff

Song I Shot the Sheriff
Artist Eric Clapton
Album Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

Lyrics

[01:30.800] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[01:38.800] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[01:51.800] All around in my home town
[01:55.800] they're trying to track me down.
[02:00.800] They say they want to bring me in guilty
[02:04.800] for the killing of a deputy,
[02:09.800] for the life of a deputy.
[02:14.800] But I say
[02:21.800] I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[02:31.800] I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence.
[02:42.800] Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
[02:46.800] for what I don't know.
[02:51.800] Every time that I plant a seed
[02:55.800] he said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[03:00.800] He said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[03:05.800] But I say
[03:12.800] I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[03:21.800] I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[03:32.800] Freedom came my way one day
[03:37.800] and I started out of town.
[03:42.800] All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
[03:47.800] aiming to shoot me down
[03:51.800] so I shot, I shot him down.
[03:56.800] But I say
[04:07.800] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[04:17.800] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[04:26.800] Reflexes got the better of me
[04:32.800] and what is to be, must be.
[04:36.800] Every day the bucket goes to well
[04:42.800] but one day the bottom wuill drop out,
[04:46.800] yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
[04:52.800] But I say
[04:58.800] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[05:07.800] I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.