About “I Shot The Sheriff” Bob Marley here tells a story from the point of view of a narrator who admits to having killed the local sheriff, and claims to be falsely accused of having killed.

Mar 04,  · Eric Clapton I shot the sheriff. Solo is amazing, one of the best I've seen by him.

For listeners craving just a touch of reggae with their rock, Clapton's "I Shot The Sheriff" hit the sweet spot. Clapton was not the last white artist to top the chart with a reggae song: Blondie did it in with " The Tide Is High," originally recorded by the Jamaican group The Paragons.

“I Shot the Sheriff” was written by Bob Marley and featured on Bob Marley and the Wailers' album Burnin'.

Gm Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Cm Gm Gm Gm Gm but I swear it was in selfdefence. Eb Dm Gm Gm Sheriff John Brown always hated I Eb Dm Gm Gm for what I don't know. Eb Dm Gm Gm Every time that I plant a seed Eb Dm Gm Gm he said "Kill it before It grows," Eb Dm7 Gm Gm he .

Nov 27,  · (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! 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.

Bob Marley explained some details of this song, "I want to say 'I shot the police' but the government would have made a fuss, so I said 'I shot the sheriff' instead but it's the same idea: justice." When Eric Clapton recorded a cover of this song on his album " Ocean Boulevard" (), his version reached a number-one position in the USA.

I shot the sheriff, the sheriff But I swear it was in self-defense, oh no Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah I say, I shot the sherriff, oh Lord And they say it is a capital offense, yeah Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah.

ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff TV 57m Critically Acclaimed Documentaries In , reggae icon Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt as rival political groups battled in Jamaica. But who exactly was responsible?Genre: Documentary.