I Shot Sheriff Eric

“I Shot The Sheriff” is a story-song, sung from the perspective of an outlaw who claims that he’d killed a sheriff in self-defense but that he did not kill the dep-u-ty. On face value, it’s a. Aiming to shoot me down. So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say. If I am guilty I will pay (pay, pay, pay, pay, pay) Chorus I shot the sheriff. But I say, but I didn’t shoot no deputy. The book describes when Marley first met Eric Clapton, whose cover of “I Shot The Sheriff” went on to become a #1 hit. Author John Masouri reports that Marley wouldn’t give a direct answer to. Eric Clapton Lyrics. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. They're trying to track me down. For the life of a deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense. I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.

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from the album 461 Ocean Boulevard ·Copyright: Writer(s): Bob Marley Lyrics Terms of Use

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 killing 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 'Kill it before it grows'
He said 'Kill 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
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
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

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Song Release Year I Shot The Sheriff

I Shot the Sheriff is a song performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. In the song’s lyrics, the narrator kills a local sheriff after claiming the sheriff tried shooting him. However, he is falsely accused of shooting and killing the deputy sheriff of his area – an accusation which he vehemently denies. According to Marley, in writing the song, he wanted to use the phrase “I shot the police” instead of “I shot the sheriff” but was afraid that the authorities would have created a “fuss” out of that, so decided to use the latter phrase instead to avoid any unnecessary issues.

Facts about “I Shot the Sheriff”

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• The song was solely written by Bob Marley.
• The song was the third track on the side one of the 1973 album Burnin’ by The Wailers (later known as Bob Marley and the Wailers).
• A music video was never made for I Shot the Sheriff.
• Several years after Marley’s death, Jamaican filmmaker and actress Esther Anderson, who was once a girlfriend of Marley, said she helped Marley write the song. She said of the line in which Marley sings about “Sheriff John Brown” hating him and always wanting to kill the seeds he planted was about Marley being against her use of birth control pills during their relationship. Anderson said Marley used the word “sheriff” in place of “doctor”.
• I Shot the Sheriff has over the years been covered by numerous musicians, but none of the covers has been as famous as Eric Clapton’s 1974 cover. Clapton’s version was so popular that it not only brought Marley’s version into the limelight but it also exposed Marley to rock music fans all over the world. In addition to that, Clapton’s version of I Shot the Sheriff was so successful that it reached the number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in 2003 received an induction into the Grammy Hall of Fame.