Key: C# minor•
Verse 1
I shot the sheriff,
Verse 2
F#m
E
C#m
All around in my hometown
F#m
G#m
C#m
They're tryin' to track me down, yeah
F#m
E
They say they want
F#m
G#m
For the killing of a deputy,
C#m
F#m
G#m
C#m
for the life of a deputy
But I say, oh, now, now
Verse 3
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord
F#m
C#m
And they say it is a capital
offence
Ooh, ooh, ooh
F#m
Hear this
Verse 4
B
F#m
E
C#m
For what I don't know
B
F#m
G#m
C#m
Every time I plant a seed
F#m
E
C#m
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
G#m
C#m
fore they grow."
And so, oh, now, now,
Verse 5
Read it in the news
F#m
C#m
but I swear it was in self defence
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Where was the deputy?
Verse 6
F#m
G#m
C#m
Freedom came my way one day
B
F#m
E
C#m
And I started out of town, yeah!
B
F#m
G#m
All of a sudden I saw
F#m
E
C#m
Aiming to shoot me down
G#m
C#m
I shot him down
And I say, if I am guilty I will pay
Verse 7
C#m
but I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, no, oh
Ooo, ooo, ooh
Verse 8
C#m
F#m
G#m
C#m
Reflexes had the better of me
F#m
G#m
C#m
And what is to be must be
F#m
G#m
C#m
Every day the bucket a- go- a well
F#m
G#m
C#m
One day the bottom a- go drop out
F#m
G#m
C#m
One day the bottom a- go drop out
F#m
C#m
I say, I, I,
Verse 9
F#m
C#m
F#m
C#m
but I didn't shoot the deputy, no
I shot the sheriff,
F#m
C#m
but I didn't shoot the deputy.
Outro 1
C#m
F#m
C#m
F#m
C#m
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC#m F#m E G#m B
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