From a2cc02c6c38c1e0d6921658bf5c9a5f22f96d0cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: BeXa Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 22:16:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add song: Eric Clapton - I shot the sheriff --- songs/Eric_clapton/i_shot_the_sheriff.sg | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+) create mode 100644 songs/Eric_clapton/i_shot_the_sheriff.sg diff --git a/songs/Eric_clapton/i_shot_the_sheriff.sg b/songs/Eric_clapton/i_shot_the_sheriff.sg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6636411e --- /dev/null +++ b/songs/Eric_clapton/i_shot_the_sheriff.sg @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +\selectlanguage{english} +\songcolumns{2} +\beginsong{I shot the sheriff} + [by={Eric Clapton},album={Benoit},% + original={Bob Marley}] + + \capo{3} + \gtab{Em}{022000} + \gtab{Am7}{002010} + \gtab{C}{032010} + \gtab{Bm7}{2:002010} + + \begin{verse} + \[Em]I shot the sheriff + \[Am7]But I didn't shoot no \[Em]deputy, oh no! Oh! + I shot the sheriff + But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.) + \[C]Yeah! All a\[Bm7]round in my \[Em]home town, + They're tryin' 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: + \end{verse} + + + + \begin{chorus} + Oh, now, now. Oh! + (I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff. + (But I swear it was in selfdefence.) + Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah! + I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! - + (And they say it is a capital offence.) + Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah! + + \end{chorus} + + + \begin{verse} + Sheriff John Brown always hated me, + For what, I don't know: + Every time I plant a seed, + He said kill it before it grow - + He said kill them before they grow. + And so: + + \end{verse} + + + \begin{verse} + Read it in the news: + (I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord! + (But I swear it was in self-defence.) + Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh) + I say: I shot the sheriff, + But I swear it was in selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah! + + \end{verse} + + + \begin{verse} + Freedom came my way one day + And I started out of town, yeah! + All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown + Aiming to shoot me down, + So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say: + If I am guilty I will pay. + + \end{verse} + + + \begin{chorus} + (I shot the sheriff,) + But I say (But I didn't shoot no deputy), + I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no! + (I shot the sheriff.) I did! + But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh) + + \end{chorus} + + + \begin{verse} + Reflexes had got the better of me + And what is to be must be: + Every day the bucket a-go a well, + One day the bottom a-go drop out, + One day the bottom a-go drop out. + I say: + + \end{verse} + + + \begin{chorus} + I - I - I - I shot the sheriff. + Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah! + I - I (shot the sheriff) - + But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah! + \end{chorus} + +\endsong