It is worth noting that ‘I Shot the Sheriff’ was released in 1973, and The Wailers broke up in 1974. 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 (But I swear it was in self-defence.) The first story, “I Shot the Sheriff” by Touré, tells a narrative about a man named Bob and the conflict faced between him and Sheriff John Brown. I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot the deputy It was I shot the sheriff (But I didn't shoot the deputy) I didn't shoot the deputy, no, no. It is possible for a song to have more than one meaning or for a song to be dealing with more than one issue. (Oo-oh) Yeah! All around in my own 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. Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah! Patrick from Tallapoosa, Ga When Dekalb County, GA sheriff-elect Derwin Brown was shot outside of his home December 15, 2000, and after Sidney Dorsey, who was the former sheriff, was found guilty of the murder, a local radio station did a parody of this song, replacing "John Brown" with "Derwin Brown". Gm Gm It was I who shot the sheriff, Cm Cm Gm Gm Gm Gm And they say it is a capital offense. (Oo-oo-oh) I say: I shot the sheriff, But I swear it was in selfdefence. Eb Dm7 Gm All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown, Eb Dm7 Gm Aiming to shoot me down, Eb Dm7 Gm So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. In “I Shot the Sheriff” the story uses the lyrics of a song, and in “At Home with Rapper’s Delight” the story uses the history surrounding the song. https://www.last.fm/music/Eric+Clapton/_/I+Shot+The+Sheriff Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah Then all of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown He was aiming to shoot I down So I shot, yes, I shot, shot him down And I say. Oh, Lord! Where was the deputy? I shot the sheriff But I did not shoot the deputy I shot the sheriff But I did not shoot the deputy. Gm Gm Gm Gm And I say: Cm7 Gm If I am gulty I will pay Gm Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Cm Gm Gm Gm Gm but I swear it was in selfdefence. Maybe when Bob Marley wrote this song, the internal problems with The Wailers were playing heavily on his mind. I say; Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I swear it was in self-defence. “That’s not really a sheriff, it’s the elements of wickedness. https://genius.com/Bob-marley-and-the-wailers-i-shot-the-sheriff-lyrics Eb Dm7 Gm Gm So I shot, I shot , I shot him down. (I shot the sheriff.) “I Shot The Sheriff’ is like I shot wickedness,” Bob Marley said in a 1975 interview. (Yeah!) 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