I SHOT THE SHERIFF
Bob Marley

CHORUS:
Gm
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Gm
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh

VERSE 1:
Eb     Dm7      Gm
 All a-round in my home town
        Eb        Dm7      Gm
They're tryin' to track me down
Eb             Dm7                 Gm
 They say they want to bring me in guilty
        Eb           Dm7  Gm
For the killing of a depu-ty
        Eb        Dm7 Gm
For the life of a dep-uty. But I say

CHORUS 2:
Gm
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I swear it was in self-defence (Oh, no! Yeah!)
       Gm                     Cm
I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord!
                     Gm
And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!

VERSE 2:
Eb       Dm7               Gm
 Sheriff John Brown always hated me
    Eb     Dm7      Gm
For what... I don't know
      Eb     Dm7     Gm
Every time I plant a seed
        Eb         Dm7     Gm
He said kill it be-fore it grow
        Eb           Dm7       Gm
He said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so
(Read it in the news!)

CHORUS 3:
Gm
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I swear it was in self-defence. I say
Gm
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)

VERSE 3:
Eb               Dm7     Gm
 Freedom came my way one day
      Eb      Dm7     Gm
And I started, out of town, yeah!
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. And I say
(If I am guilty, I will pay)

CHORUS 4:
Gm
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Gm
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh

VERSE 4:
   Eb             Dm7       Gm
Re-flexes had the better of me
    Eb         Dm7     Gm
And what is to be must be
      Eb       Dm7           Gm
Every day, the bucket a-go a-well
Eb           Dm7         Gm
 One day the bottom a-go drop out
Eb           Dm7         Gm
 One day the bottom a-go drop out
(I say)

CHORUS 5:
    Gm
I-I-I, I shot the sheriff
Cm                            Gm
 Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No!
  Gm
I-I...(shot the sheriff)
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!

CODA:
Gm  Cm
Gm
(repeat and fad)

CHORDS:
   Gm      Cm      Eb      Dm7
 355333  x35543  x68886  x57565

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