Emerson Lake and Palmer - The Sheriff

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Song Lyrics

Big kid Josie rode away
In the sunset covered sky
A lynching mob had strung his friend up
Right before his eyes
He didn`t know what they`d both done
He sure as hell would end up hung
A hot tin notch on the sheriff`s gun
If he didn`t move on
Get out of here

The sheriff followed Josie`s trail
From Kansas City West
He said he`d put a bullet right
Through poor old Josie`s chest
But Josie wasn`t like the rest
He don`t like bullet holes in his vest
In fact he`d do his very best
Don`t want any arrest
Don`t want to be the guest
Of the sheriff

The nights got so damned cold
He couldn`t stand the pace
He looked again for sheriff`s men
But couldn`t see a trace
Josie found a nice warm place
But then the sheriff solved the case
Poked at gun at Josie`s face
And said lookie here...

Sheriff rode him into town
With Josie lookin` sad
He didn`t know about the six-gun
Big kid Josie had
Then Josie drew his gun real fast
Gave the sheriff one big blast
Now Josie runs the town at last
A legend from the past
Nobody ever messed with the sheriff

Release History

0000-00-00

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1. Lucky Man (4:39)
2. The Barbarian (5:04)
3. Take A Pebble (2:41)
4. Knife Edge (5:37)
5. The Three Fates (7:43)
6. Tank (2:11)
7. The Endless Enigma (Part One) (6:42)
8. The Endless Enigma (Part Two) (2:05)
9. The Sheriff (3:20)
10. Tarkus (7:24)

2001

Fanfare For The Common Man

1. The Barbarian (5:04)
2. Take A Pebble (2:41)
3. Knife Edge (5:37)
4. Lucky Man (4:39)
5. Tarkus (7:24)
6. Jeremy Bender (1:44)
7. The Sheriff (3:20)
8. Nutrocker (6:25)
9. Living Sin (3:12)
10. The Endless Enigma (6:43)
11. From The Beginning (4:13)
12. Hoedown (3:42)
13. Trilogy (8:54)
14. Jerusalem (2:50)
15. Still...you Turn Me On (2:55)
16. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2 (4:46)
17. Fanfare For The Common Man (9:38)
18. C'est La Vie (4:26)
19. Pirates (3:28)
20. Brain Salad Surgery (3:06)
21. Honky Tonk Train Blues (3:10)
22. Love Beach (2:44)
23. Black Moon (6:16)
24. Affairs Of The Heart (3:47)

29 January 2001

Fanfare for the Common Man: Anthology

1. From The Beginning (4:13)
2. The Barbarian (5:04)
3. Hoedown (3:42)
4. Take A Pebble (2:41)
5. Knife Edge (5:37)
6. Trlogy (8:54)
7. Jerusalem (2:50)
8. Lucky Man (4:39)
9. Still...you Turn Me On (2:55)
10. Tarkus (7:24)
11. Jeremy Bender (1:44)
12. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression - Part 2 (5:57)
13. Fanfare For The Common Man (9:38)
14. The Sheriff (3:20)
15. C'est La Vie (4:26)
16. Nutrocker (6:25)
17. Living Sin (3:12)
18. Pirates (3:28)
19. Brain Salad Surgery (3:06)
20. The Endless Enigma (6:43)
21. Honky Tonk Train Blues (3:10)
22. Love Beach (2:44)
23. Black Moon (6:16)
24. Affairs Of The Heart (3:47)

09 February 2010

Fanfare For The Common Man: The Anthology

1. The Barbarian (5:04)
2. Take A Pebble (2:41)
3. Knife Edge (5:37)
4. Lucky Man (4:39)
5. Tarkus (7:24)
6. Jeremy Bender (1:44)
7. The Sheriff (3:20)
8. Nutrocker (Live in Newcastle, 1971) (3:56)
9. Living Sin (3:12)
10. From The Beginning (4:13)
11. Hoedown (3:42)
12. Trilogy (8:54)
13. Jerusalem (2:50)
14. Still...you Turn Me On (2:55)
15. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression - Part 2 (5:57)
16. Fanfare For The Common Man (Original 1977 Recording) (9:42)
17. C'est La Vie (4:26)
18. Pirates (3:28)
19. Brain Salad Surgery (3:06)
20. Honky Tonk Train Blues (3:10)
21. Love Beach (2:44)
22. Black Moon (6:16)
23. Affairs Of The Heart (3:47)

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2003

Pictures At An Exhibition Plus Trilogy

1. Promenade (1:30)
2. The Gnome (5:40)
3. The Sage (5:06)
4. The Old Castle (4:27)
5. Blues Variation (6:02)
6. The Hut Of Baba Yaga (1:11)
7. The Curse Of Baba Yaga (4:58)
8. The Great Gates Of Kiev/The End (6:27)
9. Nutrocker (6:25)
10. The Endless Enigma (Part One) (6:42)
11. Fugue (1:57)
12. The Endless Enigma (Part Two) (2:05)
13. From The Beginning (4:13)
14. The Sheriff (3:20)
15. Hoedown (3:42)
16. Trilogy (8:54)
17. Living Sin (3:12)
18. Abaddon's Bolero (6:04)

06 July 1972

Trilogy

1. The Endless Enigma (Part One) (6:42)
2. The Fugue (1:57)
3. The Endless Enigma (Part Two) (2:05)
4. From The Beginning (4:13)
5. The Sheriff (3:20)
6. Hoedown (Taken From Rodeo) (3:47)
7. Trilogy (8:54)
8. Living Sin (3:12)
9. Abaddon's Bolero (6:04)

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1972

Trilogy/Tarkus

1. Trilogy - The Endless Enigma Part One
2. Fugue (1:57)
3. The Endless Enigma (Part Two) (2:05)
4. From The Beginning (4:13)
5. The Sheriff (3:20)
6. Hoedown (3:42)
7. Trilogy (8:54)
8. Living Sin (3:12)
9. Abaddon's Bolero (6:04)
10. Tarkus - Eruption
11. Stones Of Years (3:44)
12. Iconoclast (1:16)
13. Mass (3:12)
14. Manticore (1:52)
15. Battlefield (3:52)
16. Aquatarkus (4:04)
17. Jeremy Bender (1:44)
18. Bitches Crystal (4:28)
19. The Only Way (3:49)
20. Infinite Space
21. A Time & A Place (3:07)
22. Are You Ready Eddy? (2:10)