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[Verse]
Gm 
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm 
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
Gm 
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm 
  But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooooh
[Verse]
Ebmaj7    Dm      Gm 
 All around in my hometown
        Ebmaj7    Dm       Gm 
They're tryin' to track me down
Ebmaj7         Dm                  Gm 
 They say they want to bring me in guilty
        Ebmaj7       Dm  Gm 
For the killing of a deputy
        Ebmaj7      Dm  Gm 
For the life of a deputy, but I say
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[Verse]
Gm 
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm 
 But I swear it was in self defense oh, no Ooh, ooh, oooh yeah
       Gm                      Cm 
I say, I shot the sheriff, Oh, Lord
                     Gm 
And they say it is a capital offence, yeah Ooh, ooh, oooh Yeah
[Verse]
Ebmaj7        Dm           Gm 
 Sheriff John Brown always hated me
    Ebmaj7  Dm         Gm 
For what,      I don't know
      Ebmaj7  Dm      Gm 
Every time  I plant a seed
        Ebmaj7    Dm      Gm 
He said kill it before it grows
       Ebmaj7    Dm      Gm 
He said kill them before they grow, and so
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[Chorus]
Gm 
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm 
 But I swear it was in self defense oh, no Ooh, ooh, oooh yeah
Gm 
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm 
 But I swear it was in self defense, Oh, no, ooh, ooh, oooh Yeah
[Verse]
Ebmaj7          Dm      Gm 
Freedom came my way one day
      Ebmaj7  Dm           Gm 
And I started out of town, yeah
      Ebmaj7      Dm           Gm 
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
 Ebmaj7   Dm       Gm 
Aiming to shoot me down
    Ebmaj7        Dm           Gm 
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say
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If I am guilty I will pay
[Chorus]
Gm 
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm 
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
Gm 
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm 
  But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooooh
[Verse]
Ebmaj7               Dm        Gm 
Reflexes had got the better of me
   Ebmaj7      Dm      Gm 
And what is to be must be
    Ebmaj7        Dm        Gm 
Every day the bucket a-go a well
Ebmaj7      Dm          Gm 
One day the bottom a-go drop out
Ebmaj7      Dm          Gm 
One day the bottom a-go drop out, I say
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[Chorus]
         Gm 
I, I, I, I shot the sheriff
Cm                       Gm 
 Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, yeah
   Gm 
I, I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, no, yeah