I Shot The Sheriff

	  		
Gm                   Cm7                  Gm     
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy     
Gm                   Cm7                  Gm     
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy    
   


VERSE 1:     

Ebmaj7     Dm7         Gm     
All around in my own town     
Ebmaj7           Dm7        Gm     
They're trying to track me down     
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They say they want to bring me in guilty     
Ebmaj7          Dm7     Gm     
For the killing of a deputy     
Ebmaj7         Dm7     Gm     
For the life of a deputy       

   (Riff)   
I say     

   
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I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense     
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I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense 
   

VERSE 2:   
     

Ebmaj7    Dm7          Gm     
Sheriff John Brown always hated me     
Ebmaj7  Dm7        Gm     
For what I don't know     
Ebmaj7  Dm7        Gm     
Every time that I plant a seed     
Ebmaj7            Dm7       Gm     
He said "Kill it before it grows"     
Ebmaj7             Dm7       Gm     
He said "Kill it before it grows"      

   (Riff)   
I say!      

   
Gm                   Cm7                     Gm     
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense     
Gm                   Cm7                      Gm     
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense    
   

VERSE 3:     

Ebmaj7    Dm7         Gm     
Freedom came my way one day     
Ebmaj7  Dm7     Gm     
And I started out of town     
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All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown     
Ebmaj7   Dm7      Gm     
Aiming to shoot me down     
Ebmaj7    Dm7           Gm     
So I shot, I shot him down         

    (Riif)   
I say!   

Gm                   Cm7                   Gm     
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy     
Gm                   Cm7                   Gm          Gm     
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy    
   

VERSE 4:     

Ebmaj7     Dm7         Gm     
Reflexes got the better of me     
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And what is to be must be     
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Every day the bucket falls to the well     
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But one day the bottom will drop out     
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Yes, one day the bottom will drop out      

      (riff)   
But I say      

   
Gm                   Cm7                   Gm     
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy     
Gm                   Cm7                   Gm          Gm     
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy    
   

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