I Shot The Sheriff

[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]
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Yeah,  all around in my home town
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They're trying to track me down
Yeah,
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They say they want to bring me in guilty
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For the killing of a deputy
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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]
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  Sheriff John Brown always hated me
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For what,  I don't know
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Every time I plant  a seed
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  He said kill it before it grow
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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]
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  Freedom came my way one day
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And I started  out of town, yeah
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  All of a sudden  I saw  Sheriff John Brown
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Aiming to shoot me down
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So I shot, I shot,
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  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]
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Reflexes had the better of me
    Eb           Dm     Gm
And what is to be  must be
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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.

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