Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song I Shot The Sheriff , by - Eric Clapton. Release date: 31.12.2006
Song language: English
I Shot The Sheriff |
| I shot the sheriff |
| But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh |
| I shot the sheriff |
| But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh |
| Yeah, all around in my home town |
| They're trying to track me down, yeah |
| They say they want to bring me in guilty |
| For the killing of a deputy |
| For the life of a deputy |
| But I say |
| Oh, now, now, oh |
| I shot the sheriff, the sheriff |
| But I swear it was in self-defense, oh no |
| Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah |
| I say, I shot the sheriff, oh Lord |
| And they say it is a capital offense, yeah |
| Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah |
| Sheriff John Brown always hated me |
| For what, I don't know |
| Every time I plant a seed |
| He said kill it before it grow |
| He said kill them before they grow |
| And so, and so |
| Read it in the news |
| I shot the sheriff, oh Lord |
| But I swear it was in self-defense |
| Where was the deputy? |
| Ooh, ooh, ooh |
| I say, I shot the sheriff |
| But I swear it was in self-defense, yeah |
| Ooh-ooh |
| Freedom came my way one day |
| And I started out of town, yeah |
| All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown |
| Aiming to shoot me down |
| So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say |
| If I am guilty I will pay (pay, pay, pay, pay, pay) |
| I shot the sheriff |
| But I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy |
| I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, ooh, ooh, ooh |
| I shot the sheriff, I did |
| But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh |
| Ooh, ooh, ooh |
| Reflexes had the better of me |
| And what is to be must be |
| Every day the bucket a-go a well |
| One day the bottom a-go drop out |
| One day the bottom a-go drop out |
| I say |
| I-I-I, I shot the sheriff |
| Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, no |
| Yeah, I-I shot the sheriff |
| But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, so, yeah |