I Shot the Sheriff

Chorus: (x2)
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm                         Gm
  But I did not shoot the deputy.

Verse 1:
D#maj7  Dm7         Gm
  All around 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 life of a deputy. But I say:

[Riff]

Chorus:
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm                       Gm
  But I swear it was in self-defense.
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm                      Gm
  And they say it is a capital offense.

Verse 2:
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  Sheriff John Brown always hated me;
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For what,    I don't know.
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And ev'ery time     that I plant a seed,
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He said "Kill it before it grows."
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He said "Kill it before it grows." But I say:

[Riff]

Chorus: (x2)
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm                       Gm
  But I swear it was in self-defense.

Verse 3:
D#maj7     Dm7             Gm
  Freedom came my way one day,
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  And I started out of town, yeah.
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  All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
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  Aiming to shoot me down,
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So I shot,        I shot him down. I say:

[Riff]

Chorus:
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.

Verse 4:
D#maj7  Dm7              Gm
    Reflexes got the better of me,
D#maj7     Dm7            Gm
  And what is to be must be.
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  Every day the bucket goes to the well,
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  But one day the bottom will drop out.
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  Yes, one day the bottom will drop out. But I say:

[Riff]

Chorus:
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm                         Gm
  But I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm                         Gm
  But I did not shoot no deputy, oh no.

Coda:
Cm Dm  | Gm  - x6