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I Shot The Sheriff

Bob Marley

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...I SHOT THE SHERIFF... by Bob Marley from Burnin
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*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: G)

Chorus 1:

Em
 I shot the sheriff
Am     Bm              Em
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Em
 I shot the sheriff
Am     Bm              Em
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)

Verse 1:

C      Bm       Em     
 All a-round in my home town,
        C         Bm       Em  
They're tryin' to track me down;
C              Bm                  Em  
 They say they want to bring me in guilty
        C            Bm   Em  
For the killing of a depu-ty,
        C         Bm  Em  
For the life of a dep-uty.

But I say:

Riff:

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--2-0----------------|
A|------2-0---2-0------|
E|----------3-----3-0--|

Chorus 2:

Em                 
 I shot the sheriff
Am     Bm              Em
 But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!)
       Em                       Am
I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
                     Em
And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!

Verse 2:

C        Bm                Em  
 Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
    C   Bm        Em     
For what, I don't know:
C      Bm     Em  
 Every time I plant a seed,
        C          Bm      Em  
He said kill it be-fore it grow 
        C            Bm      Em  
He said kill them be-fore it grow 

And so:

Riff:

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--2-0----------------|
A|------2-0---2-0------|
E|----------3-----3-0--|

   (Read it in the news)

Chorus 3:

Em                 
 I shot the sheriff
Am     Bm              Em
 But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!)
Em                 
 I shot the sheriff
Am     Bm              Em
 But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!)

Verse 3:

C        Bm      Em  
 Freedom came my way one day
      C       Bm      Em
And I started out of town, yeah!
C         Bm           Em
 All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
C          Bm       Em
 Aiming to shoot me down,
     C        Bm                Em
So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say:

Riff:

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--2-0----------------|
A|------2-0---2-0------|
E|----------3-----3-0--|

(If I am guilty I will pay)

Chorus 4:

Em
 I shot the sheriff
Am     Bm              Em
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Em
 I shot the sheriff
Am     Bm              Em
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)

Verse 4:

C             Bm      Em  
 Reflexes had got the better of me
    C          Bm      Em 
And what is to be must be:
C              Bm       Em 
 Every day the bucket a-go a well,
    C       Bm          Em 
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
    C       Bm          Em 
One day the bottom a-go drop out.

Riff:

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--2-0----------------|
A|------2-0---2-0------|
E|----------3-----3-0--|

                      (I say):

Chorus 5:

            Em
I - I - I - I shot the sheriff.
Am       Bm              Em
 Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!
     Em                          
 I - I (shot the sheriff)
Am     Bm              Em
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em      Am      Bm      C                
 
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  
 xxx987  xxx555  xxx777  xxx988 


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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I Shot The Sheriff

Bob Marley