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I Shot The Sheriff by Bob Marley - Guitar Chords

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            Reggae beat, all barres.
(Ebmaj7: 668786)


[Verse 1]

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, yeah

Ebmaj7    Dm      Gm
 All around in my hometown
        Ebmaj7    Dm       Gm
They're tryin' to track me down, yeah
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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Oh now now, oh


Gm
 I shot the sheriff (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

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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And so
Read it in the news


[Chorus]

Gm
 I shot the sheriff (oh Lord)
Cm                     Gm
 But I swear it was in self defense, where was the deputy? (Ooh, ooh, oooh) I say
Gm
 I shot the sheriff
Cm                     Gm
 But I swear it was in self defense, yeah (ooooooh)

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 (but I say)
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, (I didn't shoot no deputy, no) oh no, oh
Gm
 I shot the sheriff (I did)
Cm                     Gm
  But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh (ooh, ooh, ooooh) yeah

  Ebmaj7         Dm        Gm
Reflexes had 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, no, yeah
Gm
I, I (shot the sheriff)
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, no, yeah

(Original repeats and fades)

Gm   Cm   Gm 
        

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