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I Shot The Sheriff chords

Eric Clapton

Album:Chronicles

Year:2005

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I Shot The Sheriff

 

Gm                   Cm7                  Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy   
Gm                   Cm7                  Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy   

 


VERSE 1:   

Eb      Dm7         Gm   
All around in my own town   
Eb             Dm7        Gm   
They're trying to track me down   
Eb            Dm7                  Gm   
They say they want to bring me in guilty   
Eb            Dm7     Gm   
For the killing of a deputy   
Eb           Dm7     Gm   
For the life of a deputy     

   (Riff) 
I say   

 
Gm                   Cm7                     Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense   
Gm                   Cm7                      Gm   
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense   

 

VERSE 2: 
   

Eb      Dm7          Gm   
Sheriff John Brown always hated me   
Eb    Dm7        Gm   
For what I don't know   
Eb    Dm7        Gm   
Every time that I plant a seed   
Eb               Dm7       Gm   
He said "Kill it before it grows"   
Eb               Dm7       Gm   
He said "Kill it before it grows"    

   (Riff) 
I say!    

 
Gm                   Cm7                     Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense   
Gm                   Cm7                      Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense   

 

VERSE 3:   

Eb      Dm7         Gm   
Freedom came my way one day   
Eb    Dm7     Gm   
And I started out of town   
Eb       Dm7           Gm   
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown   
Eb     Dm7      Gm   
Aiming to shoot me down   
Eb      Dm7           Gm   
So I shot, I shot him down       

    (Riif) 
I say! 

 
Gm                   Cm7                   Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy   
Gm                   Cm7                   Gm          Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy   
 

VERSE 4:   

Eb       Dm7         Gm   
Reflexes got the better of me   
Eb       Dm7         Gm   
And what is to be must be   
Eb        Dm7             Gm   
Every day the bucket falls to the well   
Eb              Dm7          Gm   
But one day the bottom will drop out   
Eb            Dm7                Gm   
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out    

      (riff) 
But I say    

 
Gm                   Cm7                   Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy   
Gm                   Cm7                   Gm          Gm   
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy   
 

 

e|-------------------------------3b--| 
B|---------3b--------------------3b--| 
G|-3-3-5~--3b---3-3-3-5~--3-3-5~-3b--| 
D|-----------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------| 

(Riff) 

e|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------| 
D|-5-3~---------------------------| 
A|-------5--5/3--1--3/5--3--1-----| 
E|----------------------------3---| 

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