Eric Clapton, I Shot The Sheriff (1974)
^{Key: :[Am] (w: Bob Marley) (BPM: 94)}

CHORUS 1:
[Am] I shot the sheriff, [Dm] but I didn't shoot the [Am] deputy
[Am] I shot the sheriff, [Dm] but I didn't shoot the [Am] deputy

VERSE 1:
[F] All a-[E7]-round in my [Am] home town
They're [F] trying to [E7] track me [Am] down
They [F] say they want to [E7] bring me in [Am] guilty
For the [F] killing of a [E7] deputy [Am]
For the [F] life of a [E7] deputy [Am]; But I say [*F1]

CHORUS 2:
[Am] I shot the sheriff, [Dm] but I swear it was in self-[Am]-defence
[Am] I shot the sheriff, [Dm] and they say it is a capital [Am] offence

VERSE 2:
[F] Sheriff John [E7] Brown always [Am] hated me
For [F] what [E7] I don't [Am] know
[F] Every-[E7]-time that I [Am] plant a seed
He said [F] "Kill it be-[E7]-fore it [Am] grow"
He said [F] "Kill it be-[E7]-fore it [Am] grow", I say [*F1]

CHORUS 3:
[Am] I shot the sheriff, [Dm] but I swear it was in [Am] self-defence
[Am] I shot the sheriff, [Dm] but I swear it was in [Am] self-defence

VERSE 3:
[F] Freedom [E7] came my [Am] way one day
And I [F] started [E7] out of [Am] town
All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown
[F] Aiming to [E7] shoot me [Am] down
So I [F] shot, I [E7] shot him [Am] down; I say [*F1]

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VERSE 4:
[F] Re-[E7]-flexes got the [Am] better of me
And [F] what is to [E7] be must [Am] be
[F] Every-[E7]-day the [Am] bucket goes to the well
But one [F] day the [E7] bottom will [Am] drop out
Yes one [F] day the [E7] bottom will [Am] drop out; I say: [*F1]

REPEAT CHORUS 1: