I Shot The Sheriff original guitar chords by
Bob Marley & The Wailers

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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
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Gm Gm 3
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All around in my home town
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Dm7 Dm7 
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Gm Gm 3
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They're tryin'    to track me down
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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,
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and they say it is a capital offense

Verse 2
Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah
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Sheriff John  Brown
Gm Gm 3
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always hated me
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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
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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,
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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,
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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,
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Gm Gm 3
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but I didn't shoot no deputy,
ooh, ooh, ooh yeah

Verse 4
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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,
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Cm Cm 3
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I, shot the sheriff
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but I didn't shot the deputy, no yeah
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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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Cm7

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Gm

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Gm

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Cm7

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Gm

Gm

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Gm

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Cm7

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Gm

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