Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff (original quadrophonic mix) lyrics

I shot the sheriff But I did not shoot the deputy I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot the deputy All around in my hometown They're trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the k**ing of the deputy For the life of a deputy, but I said 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 But every time that I plant a seed He said "k** it before it grows" He said "k** it before it grows" I said 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, yeah All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown Aiming to shoot me down So I shot, I shot him down, I said I shot the sheriff But I did not shoot the deputy I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot the deputy Reflexes got the better of me And what is to be must be Every day the bucket falls to the well But one day the bottom will drop out Yes, one day the bottom will drop out, I said I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh no, oh no I shot the sheriff But I did not shoot no deputy Oh no