I Shot The Sheriff chords by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck
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Verse 1
(E minor) (I shot the sheriff) but (A minor) I did
not shoot the deputy (E minor)
(I shot the (A minor) sheriff) but I
didn't shoot the deputy
(E minor)
Verse 2
(C major)
All (B minor) around in my home (E minor) town
(C major) They're trying to (B minor) track
me down (E minor)
(C major) They say they want to (B minor) bring me in guilty (E minor)
For (C major) the killing of (B minor) a deputy (E minor)
For (C major) the life of (B minor) a deputy,
(E minor) but I say
(B minor) (E minor) (A minor) (E minor)
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Verse 3
(I shot the (A minor) sheriff) but I swear
it was in self- (E minor) defense
(I shot the (A minor) sheriff) they say
it is a (E minor) capital offense (C major)
Verse 4
Sher (B minor) iff John Brown (E minor) always hated me
(C major) For what (B minor) I don't (E minor) know
(C major) Every time (B minor) that I plant (E minor) a seed
He said, (C major) "Kill it be (B minor) fore it (E minor) grows"
He (C major) said, "Kill it (B minor) before it (E minor) grows",
I say (B minor)
(E minor) (A minor) (E minor)
Verse 5
(I shot the (A minor) sheriff) but I swear (C major)
it (E minor) was in self- defense
(I shot the (A minor) sheriff) but I swear
it was in (E minor) self- defense
Verse 6
(C major)
Freedom (B minor) came my way (E minor) one day (C major)
And I star (B minor) ted out of town (E minor) (C major)
All of a (B minor) sudden I see (E minor) sheriff
John Brown (C major)
Aim (B minor) ing to shoot me (E minor) down
So (C major) I shot, (B minor) I shot (E minor) him down,
I say (B minor) (E minor)
(A minor) (E minor)
Verse 7
(I shot the (A minor) sheriff) but I did
not shoot the deputy (E minor)
(I shot the (B minor) (G major) (A minor) sheriff) but
I didn't shoot the deputy
(E minor)
Verse 8
(C major)
Re (B minor) flexes got the bet
(E minor) ter of me (C major)
And what (B minor) is to be (E minor) must be (C major)
Every day (B minor) the bucket goes (E minor) to the well
(C major) One day the (B minor) bottom will (E minor) drop out
(C major) Yes, one day (B minor) the bottom will (E minor) drop out,
but I say
(B minor) (A minor) (E minor)
Verse 9
(I shot the (A minor) sheriff) but I didn't
shoot the (E minor) deputy, oh no
(I shot the (A minor) sheriff) but I did not (E minor) shoot no deputy,
Outro 1
oh no
(C major) (B minor) (E minor) (C major) (B minor) (E minor) (C major) (B minor) (E minor) (C major) (B minor) (E minor) (A minor)
(C major) (B minor) (E minor) (C major) (B minor)
I Shot The Sheriff
Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck
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