*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Gm)
Chorus 1:
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. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.
Verse 1:
C Bm7 Em
All a-round in my home town,
C Bm7 Em
They´re tryin´ to track me down;
C Bm7 Em
They say they want to bring me in guilty,
C Bm7 Em
For the killing of a depu-ty,
C Bm7 Em
For the life of a dep-uty. But I say...
*(Riff):
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B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2-0--------------------|
A|-------2-0-----2-0-------|
E|------------3-------3-0--|
Chorus 2:
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)
Em Am
I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord!
Em
And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!
Verse 2:
C Bm7 Em
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
C Bm7 Em
For what...I don´t know.
C Bm7 Em
Every time I plant a seed,
C Bm7 Em
He said kill it be-fore it grow,
C Bm7 Em
He said kill them be-fore it grow. And so:
*(Riff):
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B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2-0--------------------|
A|-------2-0-----2-0-------|
E|------------3-------3-0--|
(Read it in the news!)
Chorus 3:
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)
Verse 3:
C Bm7 Em
Freedom came my way one day,
C Bm7 Em
And I started out of town, yeah!
C Bm7 Em
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,
C Bm7 Em
Aiming to shoot me down,
C Bm7 Em
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say...
*(Riff):
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2-0--------------------|
A|-------2-0-----2-0-------|
E|------------3-------3-0--|
(If I am guilty, I will pay)...
Chorus 4:
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. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.
Verse 4:
C Bm7 Em
Reflexes had got the better of me,
C Bm7 Em
And what is to be must be;
C Bm7 Em
Every day the bucket a-go a well,
C Bm7 Em
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
C Bm7 Em
One day the bottom a-go drop out.
*(Riff):
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2-0--------------------|
A|-------2-0-----2-0-------|
E|------------3-------3-0--|
(I say)...
Chorus 5:
Em
I-I-I-I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
Lord, I didn´t shot the depu-ty. Yeah!
Em
I-I...(shot the sheriff),
Am Em
But I didn´t shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!
Coda:
Em Am
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Em Am C Bm7
EADGBE EADGBE EAD GBE EADGBE
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