I Shot The Sheriff

CHORUS 1 SOLm I shot the sheriff, DOm SOLm But I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! SOLm I shot the sheriff, DOm SOLm But I didn’t shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh. VERSE 1 MIb REm SOLm All a-round in my home town, MIb REm SOLm They’re tryin’ to track me down; MIb REm SOLm They say they want to bring me in guilty, MIb REm SOLm For the killing of a depu-ty, MIb REm SOLm For the life of a dep-uty. But I say… STACCO SOLm REm / DOm-REm-SOLm CHORUS 2 SOLm I shot the sheriff, DOm SOLm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!) SOLm DOm I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord! SOLm And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah! VERSE 2 MIb REm SOLm Sheriff John Brown always hated me, MIb REm SOLm For what… I don’t know. MIb REm SOLm Every time I plant a seed, MIb REm SOLm He said kill it be-fore it grow, MIb REm SOLm He said kill them be-fore they grow. STACCO SOLm REm DOm-REm-SOLm (And so, and so…) CHORUS 3 SOLm I shot the sheriff, DOm SOLm But I swear it was in self-defence. I say; SOLm I shot the sheriff, DOm SOLm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!) VERSE 3 MIb REm SOLm Freedom came my way one day, MIb REm SOLm And I started, out of town, yeah! MIb REm SOLm All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown, MIb REm SOLm Aiming to shoot me down, MIb REm SOLm So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say… STACCO SOLm REm / DOm-REm-SOLm …If I am guilty, I will pay! CHORUS 4 SOLm I shot the sheriff, DOm SOLm But I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! SOLm I shot the sheriff, DOm SOLm But I didn’t shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh. VERSE 4 MIb REm SOLm Re-flexes had the better of me, MIb REm SOLm And what is to be must be. MIb REm SOLm Every day, the bucket a-go a-well, MIb REm SOLm One day the bottom a-go drop out, MIb REm SOLm One day the bottom a-go drop out. STACCO SOLm REm / DOm-REm-SOLm (I say) CHORUS 5 SOLm I-I-I, I shot the sheriff, DOm SOLm Lord, I didn’t shot the depu-ty. No! SOLm I-I…(shot the sheriff), DOm SOLm But I didn’t shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah! FINALE SOLm DOm SOLm DOm SOLm DOm (sfuma)