I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley

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Gm

I shot the sheriff,

Cm                      Gm

but I did not shoot the deputy.

Gm

I shot the sheriff,

Cm                      Gm

but I did not shoot the deputy.

Eb    Dm          Gm

All a round in my home town

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they´re trying 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 killing of a deputy.

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But I say:

I shot the sheriff,

but I swear it was in selfdefence.

I shot the sheriff,

but I swear it was in selfdefence.

Sheriff John Brown always hated me

for what I don´t know.

Ev´ry time that I plant a seed

he said "Kill it before it grow,"

he said "Kill it before it grow."

But I say:

I shot the sheriff,

but I swear it was in selfdefence.

I shot the sheriff,

but I swear it was in selfdefence.

Freedom came my way one day

and I started out of town.

All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown,

aiming to shoot me down.

So I shot, I shot him down.

But I say:

I shot the sheriff,

but I did not shoot the deputy.

I shot the sheriff,

but I did not shoot the deputy.

Reflexes got the better of me

and what is to be must be.

Ev´ry day the bucket goes to the well,

but one day the bottom will drop out,

yes one day the bottom will drop out.

But I say:420