Chords used in this song
Gm 355333 Cm7 X35343 Ebmaj7 x6878x Dm7 x57565 Chorus [Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not [Gm]shoot the deputy [Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy Verse 1 [Ebmaj7]All around in [Dm7]my home [Gm]town [Ebmaj7]They're trying to [Dm7]track me [Gm]down [Ebmaj7]They say they [Dm7]want to bring me in [Gm]guilty [Ebmaj7]For the killing of [Dm7]a deputy[Gm] [Ebmaj7]For the life of a [Dm7]deputy,[Gm] but I say Chorus [Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]but I swear it was in [Gm]self-defense [Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]and they say it is a [Gm]capital offense Verse 2 [Ebmaj7]Sheriff John [Dm7]Brown always [Gm]hated me [Ebmaj7]For what [Dm7]I don't know[Gm] [Ebmaj7]Every time [Dm7]that I plant [Gm]a seed [Ebmaj7]He said, "Kill it be[Dm7]fore it [Gm]grows" [Ebmaj7]He said, "Kill it be[Dm7]fore it [Gm]grows", I say Chorus [Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]but I swear it was in [Gm]self-defense [Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]and they say it is a [Gm]capital offense Verse 3 [Ebmaj7]Freedom [Dm7]came my way [Gm] one day [Ebmaj7]And I start[Dm7]ed out of [Gm]town [Ebmaj7]All of a sud[Dm7]den I see [Gm]sheriff John Brown [Ebmaj7]Aiming to [Dm7]shoot me [Gm]down [Ebmaj7]So I shot, I [Dm7]shot him [Gm]down, I say Chorus [Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not [Gm]shoot the deputy [Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy Verse 4 [Ebmaj7]Reflexes got[Dm7] the better of [Gm]me [Ebmaj7]And what is[Dm7] to be must[Gm] be [Ebmaj7]Every day the[Dm7] bucket goes[Gm] to the well [Ebmaj7]But one day the [Dm7]bottom will [Gm]drop out [Ebmaj7]Yes, one day the[Dm7] bottom will [Gm]drop out, but I say Chorus [Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not [Gm]shoot the deputy [Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy
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