I Shot The Sheriff chords by Bob Marley
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Chorus 1
(G minor) I shot the sheriff,
(C minor) but I didn't shoot no (G minor) deputy, oh no, oh
(G minor) I shot the sheriff,
(C minor) but I didn't shoot no (G minor) deputy,
Verse 1
ooh, ooh, ooh yeah
(E flat major) All a (D minor) round in my (G minor) home town
They're (E flat major) tryin' to (D minor) track me down (G minor)
They (E flat major) say they want to (D minor) bring me in guilty (G minor)
For the (E flat major) killing of a (D minor) deputy (G minor)
For the (E flat major) life of a (D minor) deputy (G minor) but I say
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Chorus 2
(G minor) I shot the sheriff, (C minor)
but I swear it was in (G minor) self defense
oh no, oh
(G minor) I shot the sheriff, (C minor)
and they say it is a (G minor) capital offense
Verse 2
Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah
(E flat major) Sheriff John (D minor) Brown
always (G minor) hated me
(E flat major) For what, (D minor) I don't know (G minor)
Every (E flat major) time I (D minor) plant a seed (G minor)
He said (E flat major) kill them be (D minor) fore they grow (G minor)
He said (E flat major) kill them be (D minor) fore they grow, (G minor) and so
Chorus 3
Read it in the news!
(G minor) I shot the sheriff, (C minor)
but I swear it was in (G minor) self defense oh no, oh
(G minor) I shot the sheriff, (C minor)
But I swear it was in (G minor) self defense
Verse 3
yeah ooh ooh
(E flat major) Freedom came my (D minor) way one (G minor) day
And I (E flat major) started (D minor) out of town, yeah
(E flat major) All of a sudden (D minor) I saw (G minor) sheriff John Brown
(E flat major) Aiming to (D minor) shoot me down (G minor)
So I (E flat major) shot, I (D minor) shot, I shot him down (G minor) and I say
Chorus 4
If I am guilty I will pay
(G minor) I shot the sheriff,
(C minor) but I didn't shoot no (G minor) deputy, oh no, oh
(G minor) I shot the sheriff,
(C minor) but I didn't shoot no (G minor) deputy,
ooh, ooh, ooh yeah
Verse 4
Re (E flat major) flexes had got the (D minor) better of me (G minor)
And (E flat major) what is to be (D minor) must be (G minor)
Every (E flat major) day the (D minor) bucket a-go (G minor) a well
(E flat major) One day the (D minor) bottom a-go (G minor) drop out
(E flat major) One day the (D minor) bottom a-go (G minor) drop out, I say
Chorus 5
I, I, I,
(G minor) I, shot the sheriff (C minor)
but I didn't shot the deputy, (G minor) no yeah
(G minor) I I, shot the sheriff (C minor)
but I didn't shoot no (G minor) deputy, yeah so, yeah
Outro 1
(G minor) (C minor) (G minor)
(G minor) (C minor) (G minor)
(G minor) (C minor) (G minor)
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I Shot The Sheriff
Bob Marley
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