[ti:i shot the sheriff]
[ar:eric clapton ]
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[00:01]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[00:09]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[00:22]All around in my home town
[00:26]they're trying to track me down.
[00:31]They say they want to bring me in guilty
[00:35]for the killing of a deputy,
[00:40]for the life of a deputy.
[00:45]But I say
[00:52]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[01:02]I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence.
[01:13]Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
[01:17]for what I don't know.
[01:22]Every time that I plant a seed
[01:26]he said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[01:31]He said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[01:36]But I say
[01:43]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[01:52]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[02:03]Freedom came my way one day
[02:08]and I started out of town.
[02:13]All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
[02:18]aiming to shoot me down
[02:22]so I shot, I shot him down.
[02:27]But I say
[02:38]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[02:48]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[02:57]Reflexes got the better of me
[03:03]and what is to be, must be.
[03:07]Every day the bucket goes to well
[03:13]but one day the bottom wuill drop out,
[03:17]yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
[03:23]But I say
[03:29]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[03:38]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.