[Chorus]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 1]
Eb Dm Gm
Yeah, all around in my home town
Eb Dm Gm
They're trying to track me down
Eb Dm Gm
Yeah, They say they want to bring me in guilty
Eb Dm Gm
For the killing of a deputy
Eb Dm Gm
For the life of a de puty
But I say
[(Pre-)Chorus]
Bb Cm Gm
Oh, now, now, oh
[Chorus]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in selfdefense, oh no, oh
I shot the sherriff
Cm Gm
And they say it is a capital offense,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah
[Verse 2]
Eb Dm Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
Eb Dm Gm
For what, I don't know
Eb Dm
Every time I plant a seed
Gm Eb Dm Gm
He said kill it before it grow
Eb Dm Gm
He said kill them before they grow
[(Pre-)Chorus]
Bb Cm Gm
And so, and so
[Chorus]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in selfdefense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in selfdefense, yeah
Oohooh
[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 saw Sheriff John Brown
Eb Dm Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
Eb Dm Gm
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say
[Break]
Bb Cm Gm
If I am guilty I will pay pay, pay, pay, pay, pay
[Chorus]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy
ooh, ooh, ooh
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah
[Verse 4]
Eb Dm Gm
Reflexes had the better of me
Eb Dm Gm
And what is to be must be
Eb Dm Gm
Every day the bucket ago a well
Eb Dm Gm
One day the bottom ago drop out
Eb Dm Gm
One day the bottom ago drop out
I say
[Bridge/Solo]
Bb Cm Gm Gm
III, I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, no
Yeah, II
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, so, yeah.
[Outro]
Gm Cm Gm Cm
Gm Gm Cm Gm
Cm Gm Gm Cm
Gm
(I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)
Yeah! All around in my home town,
They're tryin' 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.
But I say:
Oh, now, now. Oh!
(I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.
(But I swear it was in selfdefence.)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
(And they say it is a capital offence.)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
For what, I don't know:
Every time I plant a seed,
He said kill it before it grow -
He said kill them before they grow.
And so:
Read it in the news:
(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 I say:
If I am guilty I will pay.
(I shot the sheriff,)
But I say (But I didn't shoot no deputy),
I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!
(I shot the sheriff.) I did!
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)
Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be:
Every day the bucket a-go a well,
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
One day the bottom a-go drop out.
I say:
I - I - I - I shot the sheriff.
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!
I - I (shot the sheriff) -
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!
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