I Shot The Sheriff chords by
Bob Marley & The Wailers

1973Reggae4.3K views

Key: G minor•

Chorus 1

Gm

Gm

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I shot the sheriff,

Cm

Cm

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Gm

Gm

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but I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh

Gm

Gm

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I shot the sheriff,

Cm

Cm

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Gm

Gm

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but I didn't shoot no deputy,

Verse 1
ooh, ooh, ooh yeah
Eb Eb 6
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Dm Dm 
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Gm Gm 3
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All around in my home town
Eb Eb 6
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Dm Dm 
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Gm Gm 3
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They're tryin' to track me down
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Dm Dm 
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Gm Gm 3
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They say they want to bring me in guilty
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Gm Gm 3
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For the killing of a deputy
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Gm Gm 3
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For the life of a deputy but I say

Chorus 2
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I   shot the sheriff,
Gm Gm 3
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but I swear it was in self defense
oh no, oh
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I   shot the sheriff,
Gm Gm 3
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and they say it is a capital offense

Verse 2
Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah
Eb Eb 6
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Dm Dm 
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Sheriff John Brown
Gm Gm 3
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always hated me
Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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For what, I don't know
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Gm Gm 3
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Every time I plant a seed
Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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He said kill them before they grow
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Gm Gm 3
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He said kill them before they grow, and so

Chorus 3
Read it in the news!
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I   shot the sheriff,
Gm Gm 3
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but I swear it was in self defense oh no, oh
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I   shot the sheriff,
Gm Gm 3
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But I swear it was in self defense

Verse 3
yeah ooh ooh
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Gm Gm 3
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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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Gm Gm 3
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All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
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Gm Gm 3
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Aiming to shoot me down
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Gm Gm 3
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So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say

Chorus 4
If I am guilty I will pay
Gm Gm 3
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I   shot the sheriff,
Cm Cm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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but I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
Gm Gm 3
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I   shot the sheriff,
Cm Cm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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but I didn't shoot no deputy,
ooh, ooh, ooh yeah

Verse 4
Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Reflexes had got the better of me
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Gm Gm 3
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And what is to be  must be
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Gm Gm 3
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Every day the bucket a-go a well
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Gm Gm 3
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One day the bottom a-go drop out
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Gm Gm 3
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One day the bottom a-go drop out, I say

Chorus 5
I, I, I,
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I, shot the sheriff
Gm Gm 3
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but I didn't shot the deputy, no yeah
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I   I, shot the sheriff
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but I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah so, yeah

Outro 1

Gm

Gm

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Gm

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Cm

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Gm

Gm

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Gm

Gm

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Cm

Cm

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Gm

Gm

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