I Shot The Sheriff Chords by The Wailers

[Start]

[Chorus]
Gm            Cm     
■  I shot the sheriff
             G7       Gm    
But I didn't shoot no deputy
         G7
Oh no oh ■ 
D7   Gm       Cm     
■  I shot the sheriff
                      G7    
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Gm          G7   Gm
Ooh ooh ooh yeah ■ 


[Verse]
Eb     Gm                   
■  All around in my own town
Eb                      Gm          
■  They tryin' to track me down yeah
Eb                             Gm          
■  They say they want to bring me in guilty
Eb                   Gm    
For the killing of a deputy
Eb                Gm    
For the life of a deputy
          D7
But I say ■ 
      Gm   
Oh no no oh


[Chorus]
       Cm         
I shot the sheriff
      Cm                         
But I swear it was in selfdefense
G7         
Ooh ooh ooh
Gm                Cm     
I said I shot the sheriff
                 D7    Gm             
And they said it was a capital offense
Gm7 Gm     
Ooh ooh ooh


[Verse]
Eb   Ebmaj7       D7                     
Yeah Sheriff John Brown always acted mean
           Gm        
For what I don't know
           Eb D7      Gm  
Every time I  plant a seed
                Dm7    Gm     
He said Kill it before it grow
                Dm7  D7     Gm     
He said Kill it then before it grow
    Gm
And so
Gm    
And so
           Gm      
Read it in the news
           Cm     
I shot the sheriff
      D7    Gm                   
But I swear it was in selfdefense
    Gm     
Ooh ooh ooh
                  Cm     
I said I shot the sheriff
               Gm                 D7 Gm Ebmaj7
But I swear it was in selfdefense ■  ■  yeah  


[Chorus]
            D7          Gm     
Ooh Freedom came my way one day
Eb                   Gm       
And I started out of town yeah
Eb        Gm                               
■  All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
   Dm7           Gm     
He mean to shoot me down
Eb        Dm          Gm           
So I shot ■  I shot I shot him down
Gm       
And I say
G7                       
If I am guilty I will pay
  D7 Gm       Cm     
I ■  shot the sheriff
                   D7 Gm    
But I didn't shoot no deputy
   G7 D7
Oh no oh
Gm            Cm     
■  I shot the sheriff
             Gm             
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Gm         
Ooh ooh ooh
Eb                      D7 Gm
Reflexes had the better of me
Eb                Gm       
And what is to be must mean
Eb        Dm         Gm            
Every day the bucket apple all well
    D7             Gm            
One day the bottom apple drop out
Eb     Dm7            Gm7           
■  One day the bottom apple drop out
  Gm7 
I said
D7 C7 G7 C7
■  ■  ■  ■ 
Cm Gm             Cm     
I  I I I shot the sheriff
                      Gm       
Lord I didn't shot no deputy no
Cm      
Yeah I I
                   D7 Gm         
But I didn't shoot no deputy yeah
Gm     
So yeah


[Outro]
Cm Gm7 Bb Gm Cm Gm7 Gm Gm7
■  ■   ■  ■  ■  ■   ■  ■  
Gm Cm G7 Cm G7 Cm G7 D7
■  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■  ■ 
F Gm A7
■ ■  ■ 


[End]