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Tuning: G C E A
[Chorus]
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]
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: xA|--10-8--5-3-----5-3-------| xE|-------------6-------6-3--| xC|--------------------------| xG|--------------------------| [Chorus]
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]
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: xA|--10-8--5-3-----5-3-------| xE|-------------6-------6-3--| xC|--------------------------| xG|--------------------------| - Read it in the news! - [Chorus]
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]
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...
Riff: xA|--10-8--5-3-----5-3-------| xE|-------------6-------6-3--| xC|--------------------------| xG|--------------------------| - If I am guilty, I will pay -... [Chorus]
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]
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.
Riff: xA|--10-8--5-3-----5-3-------| xE|-------------6-------6-3--| xC|--------------------------| xG|--------------------------| - I say -... [Chorus]
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!
Outro - repeat and fade -: Gm Cm, Gm