I Shot The Sheriff Eric Clapton [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I didn’t shoot no [Dm] deputy [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I didn’t shoot no [Dm] deputy [Gm] All a[Am]round in my [Dm] hometown [Gm] They're [Am] trying to track me [Dm] down [Gm] They [Am] say they want to bring me [Dm] in guilty For the [Gm] killing of a [Am] depu[Dm]ty For the [Gm] life of a [Am] depu[Dm]ty But I say [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I swear it was in [Dm] self-defence [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] and they say it is a [Dm] capital offence [Gm] Sheriff [Am] John Brown always [Dm] hated me [Gm] For [Am] what I don't [Dm] know [Gm] Every [Am] time I [Dm] plant a seed He said [Gm] kill it be[Am]fore it [Dm] grows He said [Gm] kill them be[Am]fore they [Dm] grow And so [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I swear it was in [Dm] self-defence [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I swear it was in [Dm] self-defence [Gm] Freedom [Am] came my way [Dm] one day [Gm] And I [Am] started out of [Dm] town [Gm] All of a [Am] sudden I saw [Dm] Sheriff John Brown [Gm] Aiming to [Am] shoot me [Dm] down So I [Gm] shot I [Am] shot I shot him [Dm] down But I say [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I did not shoot the [Dm] deputy [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I did not shoot the [Dm] deputy [Gm] Reflexes [Am] got the [Dm] better of me [Gm] And what is to [Am] be must [Dm] be [Gm] Every [Am] day the bucket goes [Dm] to the well [Gm] But one [Am] day the bottom [Dm] will drop out [Gm7] One [Am] day the bottom [Dm] will drop out I say [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I did not shoot the [Dm] deputy [Dm] I shot the Sheriff [Gm] but I did not shoot no [Dm] deputy