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Eric Clapton-I Shot The Sheriff - BPM - 117

[Intro]
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
 
[Verse 1]
Eb     Dm         Gm
All around in my home town
Eb                Dm       Gm
They're trying to track me down
Eb                     Dm             Gm
 They say they want to bring me in guilty
        Eb           Dm     Gm
For the killing of a depu   ty
        Eb        Dm     Gm
For the life of a depu   ty    But I say?
 
(Play Main Riff)
D 5-3------------------
A ----5-3-35---3------
E ----------------6--3
 
[Chorus] 
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
 
[Verse 2]
Eb      Dm          Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
Eb     Dm         Gm
For what I don't know
Eb     Dm          Gm
Every time that I plant a seed
  Eb             Dm         Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows"
  Eb             Dm         Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows"   I say!
 
(Play Main Riff)
 
 
[Chorus]
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
Gm                 Cm                      Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
 
[Verse 3]
Eb      Dm         Gm
Freedom came my way one day
Eb      Dm           Gm
And I started out of town yeah
Eb        Dm           Gm
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Eb         Dm       Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
   Eb   Dm    Gm
So I shot, I shot him down    I say!
 
(Play Main Riff)
 
[Chorus]
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy
 
[Verse 4]
Eb     Dm         Gm
Reflexes got the better of me
Eb     Dm         Gm
And what is to be must be
Eb     Dm             Gm
Every day the bucket falls to the well
Eb              Dm          Gm
But one day the bottom will drop out
Eb        Dm                Gm
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out   But I say
 
(Play Main Riff)
 
[Chorus]
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no
Gm                 Cm                       Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy, oh no
 
[Ending]
Cm  Dm  Gm
Cm  Dm  Gm  (repeat and fade)

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Doobie Brothers-Long Train - BPM - 117

[Intro  - BPM 87 - No drums high riff]
   [Em7]      
E -7------7-7------7---7--
B -7h8----8-8------8---7--
G -7------7-7------7---7--
D -7h9----9-9------9---7--
A -7------7-7------7---7--
E -7------7-7------7---7--
Dr B        S    B   S

[Verse]
[Em7] Down around the corner, half a mile from here
See them long trains run, and you watch them disappear

[Chorus]
Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] 
Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7] 

[Verse]
You [Em7] know I saw miss Lucy down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family and she won't be coming back

[Chorus]
Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] 
Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7] 

[Verse]
Well the Ill [Em7] inois Central    
And the [Em7] Southern Central Freight
Got to [Em7] keep on pushin' mama
You [Em7] know they're running late

[Chorus]
Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] 
Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7] 
 
[Solo- Verse chords]
[Em7]  [Am7] [Em7]
[C] [Bsus4] [B] [Em7]

[Verse - Rhythm changes to (BB) S B S for Gm7 section]
   [Em7] 
E ------------------
B ------------------
G ------------------
D -7--9---------------
A -5--7---------------
E -0-----------------
Dr B  B  S    B     S

Well the Ill [Em7] inois Central    
And the [Em7] Southern Central Freight
Got to [Em7] keep on pushin' mama
You [Em7] know they're running late

[Chorus]
Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] 
Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove [Em7] 

[Verse - Rhythm - drop snare just bass drum]         
Well the [Em7] pistons keep on turning
And the whe [Em7] els go round and round  
The [Em7] steel rails are cold and hard
For the [Em7] miles that they go down

[Chorus]
Without love [Am7] where would you be now [Em7] 
Without lo [C] --o--- [Bsus4] -o [B] -ove
[Am7]
ooh (drums stop)

[Intro riff] back in - ad lib til end
 - bring drums back in at some point
[Em7] [Em7] [Em7] [Dm7]
B     S     B     S

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