I Shot The Sheriff chords by Bob Marley (Official Version)
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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 minoraj7) All a (D minor7) round in my (G minor) home town
They're (E flat minoraj7) tryin' to (D minor7) track me down (G minor)
They (E flat minoraj7) say they want to (D minor7) bring me in guilty (G minor)
For the (E flat minoraj7) killing of a (D minor7) deputy (G minor)
For the (E flat minoraj7) life of a (D minor7) 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 minoraj7) Sheriff John (D minor7) Brown
always (G minor) hated me
(E flat minoraj7) For what, (D minor7) I don't know (G minor)
Every (E flat minoraj7) time I (D minor7) plant a seed (G minor)
He said (E flat minoraj7) kill them be (D minor7) fore they grow (G minor)
He said (E flat minoraj7) kill them be (D minor7) 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 minoraj7) Freedom came my (D minor7) way one (G minor) day
And I (E flat minoraj7) started (D minor7) out of town, yeah
(E flat minoraj7) All of a sudden (D minor7) I saw (G minor) sheriff John Brown
(E flat minoraj7) Aiming to (D minor7) shoot me down (G minor)
So I (E flat minoraj7) shot, I (D minor7) 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 minoraj7) flexes had got the (D minor7) better of me (G minor)
And (E flat minoraj7) what is to be (D minor7) must be (G minor)
Every (E flat minoraj7) day the (D minor7) bucket a-go (G minor) a well
(E flat minoraj7) One day the (D minor7) bottom a-go (G minor) drop out
(E flat minoraj7) One day the (D minor7) 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 minor7) (G minor)
(G minor) (C minor7) (G minor)
(G minor) (C minor7) (G minor)
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I Shot The Sheriff
Bob Marley
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