WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff Chords | Ver. 2
[Chorus]
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, Oh!
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooo, ooo, oo-ooh
[Verse 1]
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All around in my home town
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They're tryin' to track me down
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They say they want to bring me in guilty
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For the killing of a deputy
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For the life of a deputy
But I say
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[Chorus]
Em
I shot the sheriff (the Sheriff)
Am Em
But I swear it was in self defence. (Oh, no!) Ooo, ooo, oo-ooh (yeah!)
Em Am
I say, I shot the sheriff (oh Lord!)
Em
And they say it is a capital offence. Ooo, ooo, oo-ooh (yeah!)
[Verse 2]
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Sheriff John Brown always hated me
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For what, I don't know
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Every time I plant a seed
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He said kill it before it grow
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He said kill them before they grow
And so, and so
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[Chorus]
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I swear it was in self-defence (Where was the deputy)
Ooo, ooo, oo-ooh ( I say)
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I swear it was in self-defence (Yeah!) oo-ooh
[Verse 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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All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
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Aiming to shoot me down
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So I shot, I shot, I shot him down
And I say
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[Chorus]
Em
I shot the sheriff (well, I say)
Am Em
But I didn't shoot no deputy. oh no, Oh!
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.
[Verse 4]
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Reflexes had the better of me
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And what is to be must be
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Every day, the bucket a-go a-well
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One day the bottom a-go drop out
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One day the bottom a-go drop out
I say
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[Chorus]
Em
I-I-I, I shot the sheriff
Am Em
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. No!
Em
I -- I (shot the sheriff)
Am Em
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! - So - yeah!
Em Am Em