Chords for Screamin' Jay Hawkins ''I Shot The Sheriff''

[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ I shot the sheriff, _ but I did not shoot the deputy.
_ No, no, no, no.
I shot the sheriff, [Gm] _ but I did not shoot the deputy.
I'm telling you so.
_ All [Bb] around, _ _ _ [Eb] they all track [Dm] _ [Gm] me down. _
They [Dm] all say I'm [Eb] guilty. _
For the killing [D] of a [Bb] deputy.
_ [C]
[Gm] For the life [Dm] of a [G] deputy.
[Gm] _ But I [G] _ [F] [D] shot [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[N] _ _ the sheriff, _ but I swear it wasn't self-defense.
I gotta protect myself, you know.
_ [F] I shot the [E] sheriff, [Ab] but they say it was a capital offense. _ _ _
Sheriff [Gm] John [Dm] Brown [Gm] hated me. _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ I don't [Gm] know. _
Every time [Dm] that [Gm] I see him, he says, kill it [Dm] before [Gm] it grows.
He [Eb] says, kill it [Dm] before [Gm] it grows. _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ I [F] shot the sheriff, _ but I swear it wasn't self-defense.
And I'm not lying either. _
_ I shot the sheriff.
I repeat, I gotta tell you again, it wasn't self-defense. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Freedom [Dm] came my way one [Bb] day.
_ [C]
[Gm] And I started [Dm] out [Gm] of town.
And _ _
[Eb] _ [Dm] I see that sheriff [G] John [C] Brown [Eb] with his pistol [F] trying to shoot [C] me down.
[Gm] So [Eb] I shot him.
[Dm] I mean, I shot him [Gm] down.
But I [C] say, whoa!
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ [G] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ I [D] shot the sheriff, _ _ _ the deputy.
I got burned on Capitol. _ _
I shot the sheriff, _ [Bb] but I did not shoot the [Cm] deputy.
You guys, listen to Brother Glenn.
[Eb] _
_ [F] Reflection got the [G] blood on [Cm] me. _
And what it used to [Dm] be, it must [C] be.
[Eb] Every day I'm [Dm] still [C] aware.
[Gm] _ But one day, [Dm] the bottom will drop.
[A] _ [Gm] I [Eb] repeat, one day, [Dm] the bottom [Gm] will drop out.
But I [G] say, oh!
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
Look out [F] for the R.G.
[C] Look _ _ _ out for the FBI. _ _ _
_ _ Look out for the Yard. _
And here comes Yeltsin, KGB.
[Gm] _ _
Yassir Affat got [Dm] a baseball bat.
[Gm] _ _ [Eb]
Correa [Dm] got his [Gm] problems too.
[C] _ [Bb] _
Cabrilla, he don't like [Gm] my boot toe.
_ [Dm] [Eb] And yo, [Dm] make friends [G] with [C] China.
[Gm] _ [Eb] Watch out for [D] the [G] Northwest Mounted [Gm] Police.
_ [Eb] Shoot him!
[F] _ [G] Yo, yo, yo, yo, [Eb] yo, yo, yo, yo! _
[Dm] _ [Gm] Give me my double shotgun! _
Let me blow his brains out of his head!
[Bb] Let [Eb] me stomp on his [Dm] grave!
_ [Gm] _ _ I shot the sheriff!
[F] I [G] lose my [C] breath!
I've [Gm] got to run!
[Dm]
Police [G] got guns!
[Gm] I can't go [Fm] fast!
They want to kick my knee!
[G] I [Eb] shot the sheriff!
[Dm] What [Gm] can I see?
I [Eb] shot the sheriff!
[Dm] He's the [C] enemy!
_ [Bb] Whoa, [Eb] whoa, whoa, whoa, [Dm] _ _
[G] whoa, [C] whoa!
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
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