Chorus:
Gm Cm Gm Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm Cm Gm Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Verse:
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All around in my home town
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They”re trying to track me down
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They say they want to bring me in guilty
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For the killing of a deputy
|Cm Dm| Gm Main Riff
For the life of a deputy But I say?
Verse:
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Sheriff John Brown always hated me
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For what I don’t know
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And every time I plant a seed
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He said “kill it before it grows”.
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He said “kill it before it grows”. I say!
Chorus:
Gm Cm Gm Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
Gm Cm Gm Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I say it was in self-defense.
Verse:
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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 see sheriff John Brown
|Cm Dm| Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
|Cm Dm| Gm Main Riff
So I shot, I shot him down I say!
Chorus:
Gm Cm Gm Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm Cm Gm Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Verse:
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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
|Cm Dm| Gm
But one day the bottom will drop out
|Cm Dm| Gm Main Riff
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out But I say
Chorus:
Gm Cm Gm Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy Oh no
Gm Cm Gm Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy Oh no
Outro:
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|Cm Dm| Gm