I Shot the Sheriff chords by
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Key: G minor
Verse 1
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--Chorus--
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I shot
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the sheriff
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--Chorus--
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Verse
Verse 2
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One:
Verse 3
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I
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had to
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shoot the sheriff it was justifiable
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he mistaked me for
somebody who was liable
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for all tha many murders
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l.a and war fields
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we keep makin war shields
streets keep souls
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young brothers loose control
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I seem to maintain through this
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watch where ya kick it they'll
put you in a twist
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and it ain't nobody like my
down ass hommie
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and tha police always tryin
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to pin some bullshit on me
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I keep away from fools
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they do crime and it attracts cops
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cops got guns and cuffs
Interlude 1
and cells to stuff you in
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Verse 4
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--Chorus--
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Verse Two:
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They tryin' to stick with
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some bullshit that I did not do
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you know who
the boys in blue
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there they go with they
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assumpitons
slaverys over let us have somethin'
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why you want to pull me over?
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'cause I'm bumpin?
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I just made a new song
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my profession is music
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your profession is protection with gats
Verse 5
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then use it on him when he's
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tryin' to take my life away
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I'm just tryin' to live my life today
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so I keep away from fools they
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do crime it attract cops
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cops got guns and cuffs
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and cells to stuff you in
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Verse 6
--Chorus--
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Verse Three:
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Interlude 2
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Verse 7
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I shot the sheriff
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I didn't shoot the deputiy I
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didn't have to
'cause in this game they
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always tryin' to blast you
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and leave it to tha cops to find
out who did the murder
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they harrase tha wrong clan
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and arrest tha wrong man
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the hommie day-dog got strapped
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but that's okay
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'cause I'm gonna work for life
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so he can see another day
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a hommies a hommie
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a fake is a snake
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straight game from tha pen
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from tha hommie jake
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so I keep away from fools they
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do crime it attract cops
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cops got guns and cuffs
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and cells to stuff you in
Outro 1
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