I Shot The Sheriff chords by
Ken Boothe

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Key: G minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Beautiful South,
The
Choke
Am Am 
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I Think The Answer's
Yes
(heaton rotheray)
C C 
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I'm walking through these pastures
Em Em 
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I'm picking up sweet fruit
Am Am 
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I'm shaking hands with people
That previously i'd shoot
Em Em 
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But nothing will dissuade
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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me
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Nothing will dilute
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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I want to execute
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Bm Bm 2
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I  want to execute
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Verse 2
C C 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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And you tend to meet a
Bm Bm 2
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lot of scum en route
Em Em 
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It doesn't mean you've
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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joined the other side
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Am Am 
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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Am Am 
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Em Em 
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And because i still wear
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Em Em 
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shorts and my smile is oh so  cute
It doesn't mean i'll run away and hide

Verse 3
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To a   world where the leaders
finally confess
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(i think the answer's yes,
i think the answer's yes)
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To the burning of the stock exchange
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Em Em 
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and bombing of the press
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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(i think the answer's yes,
Em Em 
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C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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i   think the answer's yes)

Verse 4

I think the answer's yes, yes,

yes, i think the answer's yes

Verse 5
Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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C C 
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I'm walking through these corridors
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Where crime meets pantomime
They're laughing and they're drinking
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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On  the swill of  overtime
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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And no- one seems to
Am Am 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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know about
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The death- wish that
they've signed
Ah, life's unkind
Ah, life's unkind

Verse 6
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Am Am 
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Em Em 
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And they see me  as a
Am Am 
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potential new recruit
C C 
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They rub their hands, slap
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their backs and smile
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Em Em 
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But i still wear suspenders
Am Am 
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underneath my business suit
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So needn't worry
about me for a while

Verse 7
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So to a   world without hunger,
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where royalty face death
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(i think the answer's yes, i think
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the answer's yes)
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Em Em 
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C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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To the breaking down of  barriers of north,
Em Em 
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south,
East and west
C C 
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(i think the an swer's yes,
Bm Bm 2
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i 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
And no- one seems to know about
The death- wish that they've signed
Bm Bm 2
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Ah, life's unkind
Ah, life's unkind
Life's unkind, life's unkind
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From poor old u2 to poor old simple minds
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No amnesty for murderers of poor
Em Em 
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old working class
Rope or gas, rope or gas, rope or gas
Bm Bm 2
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No amnesty for murderers
of poor old working class
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Rope or gas, rope or gas

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