I shot the Sheriff-Eric Clapton

[ti:I Shot The Sheriff] [ar:Eric Clapton] [al:Give Me Strength: The '74/'75 Recordings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.47]I shot the sheriff [00:02.60] [00:03.19]But I did not shoot the deputy [00:06.89] [00:10.55]I shot the sheriff [00:12.97] [00:13.83]But I did not shoot the deputy [00:16.88] [00:21.65]All around in my home town [00:24.41] [00:25.22]They're trying to track me down [00:29.07] [00:30.73]They say they want to [00:32.22]Bring me in guilty [00:34.48] [00:35.62]For the killing of a deputy [00:38.94] [00:40.62]For the life of a deputy [00:43.97] [00:44.88]But I say [00:46.14] [00:52.37]I shot the sheriff [00:54.84] [00:55.63]But I swear it was in self-defence [00:59.74] [01:02.40]I shot the sheriff [01:04.86] [01:05.82]And they say it is a capital offence [01:09.82] [01:13.61]Sheriff John Brown always hated me [01:17.51] [01:18.23]For what I don't know [01:21.18] [01:23.03]Every time that I plant a seed [01:26.82] [01:27.75]He said 'Kill it before it grows' [01:31.52] [01:32.85]He said 'Kill it before it grows' [01:37.27]But I say [01:38.94] [01:44.54]I shot the sheriff [01:47.21] [01:47.84]But I swear it was in self-defence [01:50.87] [01:54.46]I shot the sheriff [01:57.07] [01:57.90]But I swear it was in self-defence [02:01.94] [02:05.82]Freedom came my way one day [02:08.77] [02:10.41]And I started out of town [02:13.06] [02:15.78]All of a sudden [02:16.87]I see sheriff John Brown [02:19.50] [02:21.24]Aiming to shoot me down [02:23.69] [02:24.88]So I shot [02:25.92] [02:27.19]I shot him down [02:28.71] [02:29.96]But I say [02:30.88] [02:40.75]I shot the sheriff [02:42.76] [02:43.68]But I did not shoot the deputy [02:47.11] [02:50.42]I shot the sheriff [02:53.06] [02:53.75]But I did not shoot the deputy [02:57.30] [03:01.57]Reflexes got the better of me [03:04.55] [03:06.66]And what is to be must be [03:09.47] [03:11.43]Every day the bucket goes to well [03:14.50] [03:16.11]But one day the bottom wuill drop out [03:19.58] [03:21.28]Yes one day the bottom will drop out [03:24.85] [03:25.46]But I say [03:28.19] [03:32.42]I shot the sheriff [03:34.72] [03:35.68]But I did not shoot the deputy [03:39.08] [03:42.62]I shot the sheriff [03:45.02] [03:45.89]But I did not shoot the deputy