I Shot The Sheriff chords by
The Starlite Singers

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Key: G minor

Verse 1
Em Em 
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(I shot the sheriff,
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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but I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy,
ooh, ooh, ooh)
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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Yeah, all around in my  home town
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Bm Bm 2
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They're tryin' to
Em Em 
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track me down
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Bm Bm 2
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They say they want to
Em Em 
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bring me in guilty
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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For the killing of a deputy
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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For the life of a deputy,
Em Em 
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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Am Am 
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Em Em 
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but I say
Oh, now, now, oh
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Em Em 
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(I shot the
Am Am 
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sheriff) the sheriff
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(But I swear it was in self defense) oh,
no (oh, oh, ooh)
Am Am 
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Yeah, I say, I shot the sheriff oh,
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Lord! (and they say it is a capital offense)
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Em Em 
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Yeah! (oh, oh, ooh) yeah
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Em Em 
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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Sheriff John Brown always hated me
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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For what, I don't know
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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Every time I plant a seed
C C 
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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He said kill it before it grow
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Em Em 
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He said kill them before they grow,
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Am Am 
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Em Em 
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and so
Read it in the news! (I shot the sheriff) oh,
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Lord
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Am Am 
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(But I swear it  was in
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Bm Bm 2
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self- defense)
Em Em 
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Where was the deputy? (oh, oh, ooh)
Am Am 
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I say, I shot the sheriff
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But I swear it was in self defense,
Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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C C 
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yeah (ooh)
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Em Em 
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Freedom came my way one day
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Em Em 
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C C 
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And I started out of town, yeah
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Em Em 
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All of a sudden I saw sheriff
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John Brown
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Em Em 
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Aiming to shoot me down
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So I  shot, I shot,
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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Am Am 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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I shot him down and I say
If I am guilty I will pay
Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I   didn't shoot no deputy
(oh, no- oh) oh no
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(I shot the sheriff) I did
Em Em 
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But I didn't shoot no deputy,
C C 
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oh (oh, oh, ooh)
Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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Reflexes had got the better of  me
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Em Em 
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And what is to be  must be
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Em Em 
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Every day the bucket a- go a well
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Bm Bm 2
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Em Em 
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One day the bottom a- go drop out
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Em Em 
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One day the bottom a- go drop out,
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Am Am 
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Em Em 
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I say
Am Am 
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I, I, I, I, shot the sheriff
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Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, no
Am Am 
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I, I (shot the sheriff)
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But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah

Outro 1

So, yeah

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