Published: 2019-07-26 19:41 Selection chords: Maksim Chernienko
Tonality
Chorus:
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Verse:
CmDmGm
All around in my home town
CmDmGm
Theyʼre trying to track me down
CmDmGm
They say they want to bring me in guilty
CmDmGm
For the killing of a deputy
CmDmGm
For the life of a deputy But I say… (play MAIN RIFF)
Chorus:
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
Verse:
CmDmGm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
CmDmGm
For what I donʼt know
CmDmGm
Every time that I plant a seed
CmDmGm
He said "Kill it before it grows"
CmDmGm
He said "Kill it before it grows" I say!
Chorus:
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
Verse:
CmDmGm
Freedom came my way one day
CmDmGm
And I started out of town yeah
CmDmGm
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
CmDmGm
Aiming to shoot me down
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So I shot, I shot him down I say!
Chorus:
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I didnʼt shoot the deputy
Verse:
CmDmGm
Reflexes got the better of me
CmDmGm
And what is to be must be
CmDmGm
Every day the bucket falls to the well
CmDmGm
But one day the bottom will drop out
CmDmGm
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out But I say
Chorus:
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no
GmCmGm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy, oh no
CmDmGm x2