I Shot The Sheriff (Live At Long Beach Arena, California / 1974)

I Shot The Sheriff (Live At Long Beach Arena, California / 1974) - Eric Clapton

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

All around in my home town

Trying to track me down

Say they want to bring me in guilty

For the killing of a deputy

For the life of a deputy

But I say

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

Sheriff John Brown always hated me

For what I don't know

Every time that I plant a seed

He said 'Kill it before it grows'

He said 'Kill it before it grows'

But I say

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

Freedom came my way one day

And I started out of town

All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown

Aiming to shoot me down

So I shot I shot I shot him down

But I say

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

Reflexes got the better of me

And what will be will be

Every day the bucket goes to well

One day the bottom will drop out

Yes one day the bottom will drop out

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy