I Shot The Sheriff Chords Version 2 - Bob Marley

Chorus 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, oo-ooh.

Verse 1

Eb Dm7 Gm All a-round in my home town, Eb Dm7 Gm They're tryin' to track me down; Eb Dm7 Gm They say they want to bring me in guilty, Eb Dm7 Gm For the killing of a depu-ty, Eb Dm7 Gm For the life of a dep-uty. But I say...

Riff

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Chorus 2

Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!) Gm Cm I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord! Gm And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!

Verse 2

Eb Dm7 Gm Sheriff John Brown always hated me, Eb Dm7 Gm For what... I don't know. Eb Dm7 Gm Every time I plant a seed, Eb Dm7 Gm He said k**l it be-fore it grow, Eb Dm7 Gm He said k**l them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...

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(Read it in the news!)

Chorus 3

Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I swear it was in self-defence. I say; Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)

Verse 3

Eb Dm7 Gm Freedom came my way one day, Eb Dm7 Gm And I started, out of town, yeah! Eb Dm7 Gm All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown, Eb Dm7 Gm Aiming to shoot me down, Eb Dm7 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 4 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, oo-ooh.

Verse 4

Eb Dm7 Gm Re-flexes had the better of me, Eb Dm7 Gm And what is to be must be. Eb Dm7 Gm Every day, the bucket a-go a-well, Eb Dm7 Gm One day the bottom a-go drop out, Eb Dm7 Gm One day the bottom a-go drop out.

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(I say)... Chorus 5 Gm I-I-I, I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No! Gm I-I...(shot the sheriff), Cm Gm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!

Coda

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