Bob Marley & the Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff Chords

[Ab] _ _ [Gm] I shot the [Ab] sheriff, but I [Gm] didn't shoot no deputy.
Oh no, I _ _ [Em] [Cm] shot the sheriff, _ [Bb] but I [Ab] didn't [Bb] shoot no deputy.
[Gm] _ Woo, [Eb] woo, woo.
Yeah, [D] all around [Gm] in my old town, [Eb] they trying [F] to track [Gm] me down. _
[Eb] They say they [D] want to bring me [Gm] in guilty for [Eb] the killing [Dm] of a [Gm] deputy, _ for [Eb] the [Dm] life of a deputy.
[Gm] _ _
But I [Dm] say, [D] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [G] I shot the sheriff, [Ab] but I [Gm] swear it wasn't something else.
Woo, woo, woo.
Yeah, I said, I shot the [Cm] sheriff, oh Lord, and they say [Gm] there's a deputy somewhere.
Woo, woo, woo.
Yeah, _ _ [Gb] Sheriff John Brown [Bb] always hated me for what, [Gb] _ [Gm] I don't know, _
_ [Eb] _ _ [D] _ [Bb] the seed.
He said kill them [F] [Eb] before [Bb] they grow. _ _
He said kill them [D] before [Gm] they grow.
And [F] so, [D] and [C] [Bb] so, [G] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _
but I swear it [Gm] wasn't something _ _ else.
I say, I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _
but I [Gm] swear it wasn't self-defense.
Yeah, _ _
[Bb] freedom [Gb] came my way [Gm] one day, _ [Eb] and I [F] started out [Gm] of town.
Yeah, _ _ all [F] of a sudden, [Gm] I saw Sheriff John Brown came [F] in to [Eb] shoot [Gm] me down.
So [Eb] I shot, [Dm] I shot, I [Gm] shot the sheriff.
And I [Fm] say, _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [G] _
if I am guilty, [D] I will [G] pay.
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[Gm] I shot the [Cm] sheriff, but I say, I [Gm] didn't shoot no deputy.
I didn't shoot no deputy.
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I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _ [G] but [Gm] I didn't shoot no deputy.
Before they grow.
Yeah, the [F] senses are the better [Bb] of me.
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And what [Dm] is to me, [Gm] must be.
_ [Eb] Every day, [D] the buffet, [Gm] I go, I will. _ _
One [Gb] day, the [Gm] bottom of it drop out.
_ [Eb] One [Dm] day, the bottom [Gm] of it drop out.
I say, _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ I [Ab] _ _
[Gm] _ shot [Cm] the sheriff, but I didn't [Gm] shoot no deputy.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, I, I, [Cm] I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no [Gm] deputy.
_ Yeah, so, yeah. _
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