I Shot The Sheriff
Eric Clapton Version

CHORUS:
Gm                  Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm                  Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy

Cm        Dm     Gm
All around in my home town
Cm                Dm       Gm
They're trying to track me down
 Cm           Dm               Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty
        Cm           Dm   Gm
For the killing of a deputy
        Cm        Dm   Gm
For the life of a deputy    But I say (play MAIN RIFF)

REPEAT CHORUS

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

(play MAIN RIFF)

REPEAT CHORUS
 
Cm      Dm      Gm
Freedom came my way one day
Cm      Dm        Gm
And I started out of town yeah
Cm        Dm           Gm
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Cm         Dm       Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
   Cm      Dm         Gm
So I shot, I shot him down    I say! 

(play MAIN RIFF)

REPEAT CHORUS

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

(play MAIN RIFF)

REPEAT CHORUS

ENDING:  Cm  Dm  Gm
         Cm  Dm  Gm  (repeat and fade)

MAIN RIFF:
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