I Shot The Sheriff (Live Version)

I Shot The Sheriff (Live Version) - 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

They're trying to track me down

They 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 swear it was in self defence

I shot the sheriff and

They say it is a capital offence

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

I shot the sheriff

But I swear it was in self defence

I shot the sheriff

But I swear it was in self defence

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 him down

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 m

And what is to be must be

Every day the bucket goes to well

But one day the bottom wuill 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