...I SHOT THE SHERIFF... by Bob Marley ------------------------.............. *from 'Burnin'' (1973)* Chorus 1:

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

Verse 1:

^Eb All a-^Dm7round in ^Gmmy home town, They're ^Ebtryin' to ^Dm7track me ^Gmdown; ^Eb They say they ^Dm7want to bring me in ^Gmguilty, For the ^Ebkilling of a ^Dm7depu-^Gmty, For the ^Eblife of a ^Dm7dep-^Gmuty. But I say...

*(Riff): e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|--5-3--------------------| A|-------5-3-----5-3-------| E|------------6-------6-3--| Chorus 2:

^Gm I shot the sheriff, ^Cm But I swear it was in ^Gmself-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!) I say; ^GmI shot the sheriff, oh ^CmLord! And they say it is a ^Gmcapital offence. Yeah!

Verse 2:

^Eb Sheriff ^Dm7John Brown always ^Gmhated me, For ^Ebwhat...^Dm7 I don't ^Gmknow. Every ^Ebtime I ^Dm7plant a ^Gmseed, He said ^Ebkill it be-^Dm7fore it ^Gmgrow, He said ^Ebkill them be-^Dm7fore they ^Gmgrow. And so, and so...

*(Riff): e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|--5-3--------------------| A|-------5-3-----5-3-------| E|------------6-------6-3--| (Read it in the news!) Chorus 3:

^Gm I shot the sheriff, ^Cm But I swear it was in ^Gmself-defence. I say; ^Gm I shot the sheriff, ^Cm But I swear it was in ^Gmself-defence. (Yeah!)

Verse 3:

^Eb Freedom came my ^Dm7way one ^Gmday, And I ^Ebstarted,^Dm7 out of ^Gmtown, yeah! ^Eb All of a ^Dm7sudden I saw ^GmSheriff John Brown, ^Eb Aiming to ^Dm7shoot me ^Gmdown, So I ^Ebshot, I ^Dm7shot, I shot him ^Gmdown. And I say...

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

Verse 4:

Re-^Ebflexes had the ^Dm7better of ^Gmme, And ^Ebwhat is to ^Dm7be must ^Gmbe. Every ^Ebday, the ^Dm7bucket a-go a-^Gmwell, ^Eb One day the ^Dm7bottom a-go ^Gmdrop out, ^Eb One day the ^Dm7bottom a-go ^Gmdrop out.

I-I-^GmI, I shot the sheriff, ^Cm Lord, I didn't shot the depu-^Gmty. No! I-^GmI...(shot the sheriff), ^Cm But I didn't shoot no ^Gmdeputy. Yeah! So, yeah!

Coda: Gm Cm, Gm (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Gm Cm Eb Dm7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 355333 x35543 x68886 x57565 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff