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[Chorus 1] Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh. [Verse 1] Eb Dm7 Gm All a-round in my home town, Eb Dm7 Gm They're tryin' to track me down; Eb Dm7 Gm They say they want to bring me in guilty, Eb Dm7 Gm For the killing of a depu-ty, Eb Dm7 Gm For the life of a dep-uty. 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 Gm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!) Gm Cm I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord! Gm And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah! [Verse 2] Eb Dm7 Gm Sheriff John Brown always hated me, Eb Dm7 Gm For what... I don't know. Eb Dm7 Gm Every time I plant a seed, Eb Dm7 Gm He said kill it be-fore it grow, Eb Dm7 Gm He said kill them be-fore they grow. 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 Gm But I swear it was in self-defence. I say; Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!) [Verse 3] Eb Dm7 Gm Freedom came my way one day, Eb Dm7 Gm And I started, out of town, yeah! Eb Dm7 Gm All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown, Eb Dm7 Gm Aiming to shoot me down, Eb Dm7 Gm So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say... *(Riff): e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|--5-3--------------------| A|-------5-3-----5-3-------| E|------------6-------6-3--| (If I am guilty, I will pay)... [Chorus 4] Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh. [Verse 4] Eb Dm7 Gm Re-flexes had the better of me, Eb Dm7 Gm And what is to be must be. Eb Dm7 Gm Every day, the bucket a-go a-well, Eb Dm7 Gm One day the bottom a-go drop out, Eb Dm7 Gm One day the bottom a-go drop out. *(Riff): e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|--5-3--------------------| A|-------5-3-----5-3-------| E|------------6-------6-3--| (I say)... [Chorus 5] Gm I-I-I, I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No! Gm I-I...(shot the sheriff), Cm Gm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah! [Coda] Gm Cm Gm (Repeat to Fade)