I Shot The Sheriff Tab by
Bob Marley & The Wailers

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Key: G minor•

Chorus 1
Gm Gm 3
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I shot the sheriff,
Cm Cm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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but I didn't shoot no  deputy, oh no, oh
Gm Gm 3
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I shot the sheriff,
Cm Cm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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but I didn't shoot no  deputy,
ooh, ooh, ooh yeah

Verse 1
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
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Dm7 Dm7 
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Gm Gm 3
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All a     round in my  home town
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Dm7 Dm7 
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Gm Gm 3
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They're   tryin' to    track me down
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Gm Gm 3
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They      say they want to    bring me in guilty
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Gm Gm 3
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For the       killing of a     deputy
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Gm Gm 3
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For the       life of a     deputy but I say
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-(5)---(3)------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-------------(5)-----(3)-----(5)--|-(3)------------------------------|
E|-------------------------(6)------|-------(6)---(3)------------------|
   1       2       3       4          1       2       3       4

Chorus 2
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I shot the sheriff,
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but I swear it was in  self defense
oh no, oh
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I shot the sheriff,
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and they say it is a   capital offense
Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah

Verse 2
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
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Dm7 Dm7 
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Sheriff John  Brown
Gm Gm 3
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always hated me
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Gm Gm 3
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For what, I don't know
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Dm7 Dm7 
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Gm Gm 3
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Every     time I     plant a seed
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Gm Gm 3
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He said      kill them be    fore they grow
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He said      kill them be    fore they grow, and so
Read it in the news!
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-(5)---(3)------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-------------(5)-----(3)-----(5)--|-(3)------------------------------|
E|-------------------------(6)------|-------(6)---(3)------------------|
   1       2       3       4          1       2       3       4

Chorus 3
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I shot the sheriff,
Gm Gm 3
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but I swear it was in  self defense oh no, oh
Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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I shot the sheriff,
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But I swear it was in  self defense
yeah ooh ooh

Verse 3
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Gm Gm 3
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Freedom came my    way one day
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And I         started out of town, yeah
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Gm Gm 3
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All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
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Gm Gm 3
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Aiming to    shoot me down
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Gm Gm 3
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So I         shot, I     shot, I shot him down and I say
If I am guilty I will pay
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-(5)---(3)------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-------------(5)-----(3)-----(5)--|-(3)------------------------------|
E|-------------------------(6)------|-------(6)---(3)------------------|
   1       2       3       4          1       2       3       4

Chorus 4
Gm Gm 3
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I shot the sheriff,
Cm Cm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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but I didn't shoot no  deputy, oh no, oh
Gm Gm 3
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I shot the sheriff,
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Gm Gm 3
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but I didn't shoot no  deputy,
ooh, ooh, ooh yeah

Verse 4
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7 
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Gm Gm 3
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Re        flexes had got the   better of me
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Gm Gm 3
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And       what is to be    must be
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Gm Gm 3
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Every     day the   bucket a-go a well
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Gm Gm 3
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One day the   bottom a-go drop out
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Gm Gm 3
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One day the   bottom a-go drop out, I say
I, I, I,
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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D|-(5)---(3)------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|-------------(5)-----(3)-----(5)--|-(3)------------------------------|
E|-------------------------(6)------|-------(6)---(3)------------------|
   1       2       3       4          1       2       3       4

Chorus 5

Gm

Gm

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Cm

Cm

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I, shot the sheriff

Gm

Gm

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but I didn't shot the deputy, no yeah

Gm

Gm

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Cm

Cm

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I I, shot the sheriff

Gm

Gm

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but I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah so, yeah

Outro 1

Gm

Gm

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Cm7

Cm7

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Gm

Gm

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Gm

Gm

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Cm7

Cm7

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Gm

Gm

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Gm

Gm

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Cm7

Cm7

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Gm

Gm

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ChordsGm Cm Ebmaj7 Dm7 Cm7

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Dm7
Cm7
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Gm
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