I Shot The Sheriff chords by Yannick Noah
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Verse 1
(A minor) I shot the sheriff, but
I didn't shoot (D minor) no deputy
Oh, (A minor) no, oh
I shot the sheriff,
but I didn't shoot no (D minor) deputy
Ooh, ooh, oo (A minor) h Yeah
Verse 2
(D minor) All around (C major) in my (A minor) hometown
They're (D minor) tryin' to (E minor) track me down, (A minor) yeah
They (D minor) say they (C major) want
to bring me in (A minor) guilty
For the (D minor) killing of a (E minor) deputy,
(A minor) for (D minor) the life of a (E minor) deputy (A minor)
But I say, oh, now, now
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Verse 3
Oh, I shot the sheriff, (D minor)
but I swear it was in (A minor) self defence
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord
(D minor) And they say it is a (A minor) capital
offence
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Hear this (D minor)
Sheriff (E minor) John Brown al
Verse 4
(A minor) ways hated me
(G major) For (D minor) what (C major) I don't know (A minor)
(G major) Every (D minor) time I (E minor) plant a seed (A minor)
He said, (D minor) "Kill it be (C major) fore it grows." (A minor)
He said, (D minor) "Kill them be
(E minor) fore they grow." (A minor)
And so, oh, now, now,
Verse 5
Read it in the news
(A minor) I shot the sheriff,
(D minor) but I swear it was in (A minor) self defence
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Where was the deputy?
I said I shot the sheriff (D minor) but I swear
(A minor) it was in self defence
Verse 6
(D minor) Freedom came (E minor) my way one (A minor) day
(G major) And I started (D minor) out (C major) of town, (A minor) yeah!
(G major) All of (D minor) a sudden I (E minor) saw
(A minor) Sheriff John Brown
(D minor) Aiming to shoot (C major) me down (A minor)
So I shot, (D minor) I shot,
(E minor) I shot him (A minor) down
And I say, if I am guilty I will pay
Verse 7
I shot (D minor) the sheriff,
but I say, but I didn't (A minor) shoot no deputy
Ooh, no, oh
I shot the sher (D minor) iff,
but I didn't shoot no (A minor) deputy
Ooo, ooo, ooh
Verse 8
Reflexes (A minor) (D minor) had (E minor) the better (A minor) of me
And what (D minor) is to be (E minor) must be (A minor)
Every (D minor) day the (E minor) bucket a- (A minor) go- a well
(D minor) One day the (E minor) bottom a- go (A minor) drop out
(D minor) One day the (E minor) bottom a- go (A minor) drop out
I say, I, (D minor) (A minor) I,
Verse 9
(A minor) I, I shot the sheriff,
(D minor) (A minor) but I didn't shoot (D minor) the (A minor) deputy, no
I shot the sheriff,
but (D minor) I didn't (A minor) shoot the deputy.
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I Shot The Sheriff
Yannick Noah
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