I Shot The Sheriff Chords by Eric Clapton

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[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ but I didn't shoot [Gm] the dead man.
I _ _ _ _ _ shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ but I didn't [Gm] shoot the dead man. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] All [Dm] around [Gm] in my home town, _ _ they're trying [Dm] to track me [Gm] down.
_ _ [Bb] They [Dm] say they want to bring me in [Gm] guilty, _ [Eb] for the [Dm] killing of a [Gm] deputy,
_ _ for the life [Dm] of a [Gm] deputy.
_ But I say, [D] _
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I shot the sheriff, _ [Eb] but I swear it was [Gm] in self defense.
_ I _ _ _ shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ since they say it's [Gm] a capital offense.
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_ [Dm] Sheriff John [Gm] Brown always hated me, [Bb]
for [Dm] what I [Gm] don't know.
_ [Bb] And every [Dm] time that [Gm] I'd climb the seat, [Bb] he said, [Dm] kill it before [Gm] they know.
_ He said, [Dm] kill it before [Gm] it goes.
Say, [Dm] _
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I shot the sheriff, _ [Cm] but I swear [Gm] it was in self defense.
_ I _ _ _ shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ but I swear it [G] was in self [Gm] defense.
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[Dm] Freedom came my [Bb] way one day, _ and I [Dm] started out [Gm] and all of [Eb] _ _
[Dm] a sudden [Gm] I see Sheriff John Brown. _ _
[F] They begin to [Gm] shoot me down, _ so I shot, [Dm] _ [G] I shot him down.
_ I swear, [Dm] _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ I _ _ _ [Gm] shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ but I did not [Gm] shoot the deputy. _
_ _ _ _ I shot the sheriff, but [Cm] I did not shoot [G] the deputy.
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] Reflexes [Gm] got the better of me, _ [Eb] _ [Dm] and what is to [Gm] be must be.
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] [Dm] Every day the buck [Gm] goes to the well, [Eb] but one [Dm] day the bottom [Gm] will drop out.
_ [Eb] _ [Dm] Yes, one day the bottom [Gm] will drop out.
_ [F] I said, _ [Bb] _ [C] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ I shot the [Fm] sheriff, [Cm] _ but I [Gm] didn't shoot the deputy. _
Oh no.
_ _ I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ but I did [G] not shoot no [Gm] deputy.
Oh no.
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