🎶 I Shot The Sheriff

Verse 1
[F#]I shot the sheriff
[G]But I didn't shoot no [F#]deputy, oh no, oh
[F#]I shot the sheriff
[G]But I didn't shoot no [F#]deputy, ooh, ooh, ooooh, yeah

[Ebmaj7]All aroun[Eb]d in my [F#]hometown
They're [Ebmaj7]tryin' to [Eb]track me [F#]down, yeah
[Ebmaj7]They say they want to [Eb]bring me in [F#]guilty
For the [Ebmaj7]killing of a [Eb]depu[F#]ty
For the [Ebmaj7]life of a [Eb]depu[F#]ty, but I say
Oh now now, oh

[F#]I shot the sheriff (shot the sheriff)
[G]But I swear it was in [F#]self defense oh, no (Ooh, ooh, oooh) yeah
I say, [F#]I shot the sheriff, Oh, [G]Lord
And they say it is a [F#]capital offence, yeah (Ooh, ooh, oooh) Yeah

[Ebmaj7]Sheriff John [Eb]Brown always [F#]hated me
For [Ebmaj7]what, [Eb] I don't [F#]know
Every [Ebmaj7]time I [Eb]plant a [F#]seed
He said [Ebmaj7]kill it be[Eb]fore it [F#]grow
He said [Ebmaj7]kill them [Eb]before they [F#]grow, and so
And so
Read it in the news

Chorus
[F#]I shot the sheriff (oh Lord)
[G]But I swear it was in [F#]self defense,
where was the deputy? (Ooh, ooh, oooh) I say
[F#]I shot the sheriff
[G]But I swear it was in [F#]self defense, yeah (ooooooh)

[Ebmaj7]Freedom came my [Eb]way one [F#]day
And I [Ebmaj7]started [Eb]out of town, [F#]yeah
All of [Ebmaj7]a sudden I [Eb]saw sheriff [F#]John Brown
[Ebmaj7]Aiming to [Eb]shoot me [F#]down
So I [Ebmaj7]shot, I [Eb]shot, I shot him [F#]down and I say
If I am guilty I will pay (pay, pay, pay, pay, pay)

Chorus
[F#]I shot the sheriff (but I say)
[G]But I didn't shoot no [F#]deputy, (I didn't shoot no deputy, no) oh no, oh
[F#]I shot the sheriff (I did)
[G]But I didn't shoot no [F#]deputy, oh (ooh, ooh, ooooh) yeah

Re[Ebmaj7]flexes had the [Eb]better of [F#]me
And [Ebmaj7]what is to [Eb]be must [F#]be
Every [Ebmaj7]day the [Eb]bucket a-go a [F#]well
[Ebmaj7]One day the [Eb]bottom a-go [F#]drop out
[Ebmaj7]One day the [Eb]bottom a-go [F#]drop out, I say

Chorus
I, I, [F#]I, I shot the sheriff
[G]Lord, I didn't shot the [F#]deputy, no, yeah
[F#]I, I (shot the sheriff)
[G]But I didn't shoot no [F#]deputy, yeah, no, yeah

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