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: D# Dm7 Gm All a-round in my home town, D# Dm7 Gm They're tryin' to track me down; D# Dm7 Gm They say they want to bring me in guilty, D# Dm7 Gm For the killing of a depu-ty, D# Dm7 Gm For the life of a dep-uty. But I say... Chorus: 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: D# Dm7 Gm Sheriff John Brown always hated me, D# Dm7 Gm For what... I don't know. D# Dm7 Gm Every time I plant a seed, D# Dm7 Gm He said kill it be-fore it grow, D# Dm7 Gm He said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so... - Read it in the news! - Chorus: 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: D# Dm7 Gm Freedom came my way one day, D# Dm7 Gm And I started, out of town, yeah! D# Dm7 Gm All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown, D# Dm7 Gm Aiming to shoot me down, D# Dm7 Gm So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say... - If I am guilty, I will pay -... 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: D# Dm7 Gm Re-flexes had the better of me, D# Dm7 Gm And what is to be must be. D# Dm7 Gm Every day, the bucket a-go a-well, D# Dm7 Gm One day the bottom a-go drop out, D# Dm7 Gm One day the bottom a-go drop out. - I say -... Chorus: 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! Outro - repeat and fade -: Gm Cm, Gm
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