Key: G minor
Verse 1
Em
Bm
G
Am
Em
Boy, boy, boy
I shot the sheriff,
Am
C
Em
but I did not shoot no deputy
Oh no no, I shot the sheriff,
Am
C
Em
but I did not shoot no deputy
Oh no no
C
Bm
Em
All around in my hometown,
C
Bm
Em
they're trying to track me down
C
Bm
Em
They say they want to bring her in guilty
C
Bm
Em
For the killing of a dead beauty
C
Bm
Em
For the life of a dead beauty now
Bm
Am
Em
But I swear, I swear
I shot the sheriff,
Am
C
Em
but I swear it wasn't self -defense
C
Em
and they say it is a capital
D
Em
offense
C
Bm
Em
Sherry Dunn Brown always hated me
C
Bm
Em
For what? I don't know
C
Bm
Em
Every time I get a seed
C
Bm
Em
He said kill them before they grow
C
Bm
Em
He said, kill them before they grow
Bm
Am
Em
But I swear, I swear
Am
Em
Bm
Boy, boy, boy
Em
Am
Em
C
Bm
Em
Freedom came my way one day
C
Bm
Em
And I started out of town, yeah
C
Bm
Em
But all of a sudden I saw
Sherry John Brown
C
Bm
Em
He was aiming to shoot me down
C
Bm
Em
So I shot, yes I shot, I shot him down
Bm
Em
Am
Em
But I swear, oh I swear
It was I who shot the sheriff
Am
C
Em
Lord, I didn't shoot no deputy
D
Em
Oh no, no
I shot the sheriff
Am
C
Em
But I did not shoot those gunners too,
C
D
Em
oh no, no
C
Bm
Em
The flexers got the better of me
C
Bm
Em
And what is to be must be
C
Bm
Em
Every day the bucket goes to the well
I tell you what,
C
Bm
Em
one day the bottom I go drop out
C
Bm
Em
I mean, one day the bottom will drop out
Am
Em
I shot the sheriff
D
Em
I did
I shot the sheriff
Am
Em
But I did not shoot your deputy
D
Em
Oh, no, no
Whoa, I shot him
Bm
Am
I shot the sheriff
Detective, leave me
Oh, I shot the sheriff
Whoa
Am
Em
D
Em
Oh, oh, yeah, I shot the,
Em
D
Em
Oh, you got to believe me
Oh, I shot the sheriff
By your guilty I will pay
Outro 1
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Em
Em
Em
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