I Shot The Sheriff chords by Inner Circle

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Asus4

Verse 1
Em 
Bm 
Em 
Am 
Beauti (E minor) ful  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) South, The
Choke
I Think The Answer's Yes
Am 
 (A minor) 
(Heaton rotheray)
Em 
I'm walking through  (E minor) these pastures
Am 
Em 
C 
Bm 
I'm  (A minor)  (E minor) picking up sweet  (C major)  (B minor) fruit
Em 
C 
Bm 
I'm shaking  (E minor)  (C major)  (B minor) hands with people
Em 
C 
Bm 
That previ (E minor) ously i'd  (C major)  (B minor) shoot
Em 
C 
But nothing  (E minor) will dissuade  (C major) me
Bm 
Em 
Noth (B minor) ing will dilute  (E minor) 
C 
Bm 
Em 
Bm 
Am 
Em 
 (C major) I  want to  (B minor)  (E minor) execute  (B minor)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
Am 
Em 
I  (A minor) want to execute  (E minor) 

Verse 2
Em 
Am 
Em 
 (E minor) And  (A minor) you tend to meet a  (E minor) 
C 
Bm 
lot  (C major) of  (B minor) scum en route
Em 
C 
Bm 
 (E minor) It  doesn't mean  (C major)  (B minor) you've
Em 
C 
joined the other  (E minor) side  (C major) 
Bm 
And because  (B minor) i   still wear shorts
Em 
C 
and my  (E minor) smile  (C major) is oh so cute
Bm 
C#m 
It  (B minor) doesn't mean i'll run away and  (C sharp minor) hide

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Verse 3

To a world where the lead

ers finally confess

(I think the answer's yes,

i think the answer's yes)

To the burning of the stock exchange

and bombing of the press

(I think the answer's yes,

i think the answer's yes)

Verse 4

I think the answer's yes, yes, yes,

i think the answer's yes

Verse 5
Em 
C 
Bm 
I'm  (E minor)  (C major) walking  (B minor) through these
corridors
Em 
C 
Where crime  (E minor)  (C major) 
meets pantomime
Bm 
 (B minor) They're laughing and they're drinking
Em 
C 
On the swill  (E minor) of overtime  (C major) 
Bm 
And no- one seems  (B minor) to  know about
Em 
The  (E minor) death- wish that they've signed
C 
Ah,  (C major) life's unkind
Bm 
Ah, life's  (B minor) unkind

Verse 6
Em 
And  (E minor) they see me as a potential
Bm 
Am 
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor)  (A minor)  (B minor)  (E minor) new recruit
Bm 
Am 
Asus4 
Am 
Em 
They rub their  (B minor)  (A minor)  (Asus4)  (A minor)  (E minor) hands,
slap their backs and smile
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) But i still wear sus (E minor) penders
Am 
underneath my business suit  (A minor) 
Em 
So needn't worry about  (E minor) me for a while

Verse 7
Em 
So to a world without hunger, where  (E minor) 
C 
Bm 
 (C major) royalty  (B minor) face death
(I think the answer's yes,
Em 
C 
Bm 
i  (E minor) think  (C major) the answer's  (B minor) yes)
Em 
C 
Bm 
To the breaking down  (E minor) of  barriers  (C major)  (B minor) of north,
south,
Em 
C 
East and  (E minor) west  (C major) 
(I think the answer's yes,
Bm 
i  (B minor) think the answer's yes)

Verse 8

I think the answer's yes, yes, yes,

i think the answer's yes

I think the answer's yes,

yes, yes, i think the answer's yes

Verse 9
Am 
And no- one seems  (A minor) to know
Em 
 (E minor) about
Am 
The death- wish  (A minor) that
they've signed
Em 
Ah, life's un (E minor) kind
Ah, life's unkind
Life's unkind, life's unkind
Am 
From poor old u2  (A minor) to
poor old simple minds
Em 
Bm 
Am 
No  (E minor) am  nesty for  (B minor)  (A minor) murderers
of poor old working class
Em 
Rope or gas, rope  (E minor) or gas,
rope or gas
Am 
No amnesty for  (A minor) murderers
of poor old working class
Em 
 (E minor) Rope or gas, rope or gas