I Shot The Sherrif (CHORDS) by Eric Clapton

[Intro]~
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[Chorus]~
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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 didn't shoot the deputy


[Verse 1]~
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All around in my home town

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They're trying to track me down

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They say they want to bring me in guilty

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For the killing of a deputy

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For the life of a deputy But I say! (RIFF 1)


[Chorus]~
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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


[Verse 2]~
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Sheriff John Brown always hated me

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For what I don't know

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Every time that I plant a seed

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He said "Kill it before it grows"

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He said "Kill it before it grows" I say!


[Chorus]~
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I shot the sheriff,.. but I swear it was in self-defense

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I shot the sheriff,.. but I swear it was in self-defense


[Verse 3]~
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Freedom came my way one day

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And I started out of town,.. yeah

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All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown

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Aiming to shoot me down

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So I shot,.. I shot him down I say!


[Chorus]~
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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 didn't shoot the deputy


[Verse 4]~
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Reflexes got the better of me

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And what is to be must be

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Every day the bucket falls to the well

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But one day the bottom will drop out

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Yes,.. one day the bottom will drop out But I say! (RIFF 1)


[Chorus]~
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I shot the sheriff,.. but I did not shoot the deputy,.. oh no

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


[Ending]~
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