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| Gm Cm |
| I shot the sheriff, |
| Cm Gm |
| but I did not shoot the deputy. |
| Gm |
| I shot the sheriff, |
| Cm Gm Eb |
| but I did not shoot the deputy. |
| Eb Dm Gm Eb |
| All around in my home town |
| Eb Dm Gm Eb |
| they're trying to track me down. |
| Eb Dm Gm |
| They say they want to bring me in guilty |
| Eb Dm Gm |
| for the killing of a deputy, |
| Eb Dm7 Gm |
| for the killing of a deputy. |
| Gm |
| But I say: |
| Gm |
| e||-------------------------------|| |
| B||-------------------------------|| |
| G||-------------------------------|| |
| D||-/5--3--0----------0-----------|| |
| A||-----------3---1-3-----3--1----|| |
| E||-----------------------------3-|| |
| 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: |
| Bridge: |
| Gm Cm Gm Cm x4 |
| 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: |
| Bridge: |
| Gm Cm Gm Cm x4 |
| Ending: |
| Gm Cm Gm Cm x4 |
