專輯：吉他之神 完全金典 (Complete Clapton)
歌曲：I Shot The Sheriff
作詞：Bob Marley
作曲：Bob Marley
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-defense.
I shot the sheriff,
and they say
it is a capital offense.
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 say:
I shot the sheriff,
but I swear it was
in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff,
but I swear it was
in self-defense.
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 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 is to be must be.
Every day the bucket
goes to the well,
one day the bottom
will drop out,
Yes, one day the bottom
will drop out.
But I say:
I shot the sheriff,
but I did not shoot
the deputy, oh no.
I shot the sheriff,
but I did not shoot
no deputy, oh no
