I Shot The Sheriff (Full Length Version) Chords

I shot [Bb] the sheriff, _ [Cm] but I did not shoot [Gm] the deputy. _ _ _ _ _ _
I shot the sheriff, _ [Cm] but I did not shoot the deputy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] [Dm] All around in my [Dm] hometown, _ _ they're trying to track me down.
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] They say they [Dm] want to bring me [Gm] in guilty _ for [Eb] the killing [Dm] of a [Gm] deputy.
For the life [Dm] of a [Gm] deputy.
But I [F] said, _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Gm] I shot the sheriff, _ [Cm] but I swear it was in self [Gm] defense. _ _ _ _
I shot the sheriff, [Bb] _ [Cm] _ they say it is a capital of love thing. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Sheriff [Gm] John Brown always hated me, for [Dm] what [Gm] I don't know. _ _
_ [Dm] Every time that [Gm] I'd plan for a scene, [Bb] he said [Dm] kill it before [Gm] it grows. _
[Eb] He said [Dm] kill it before [G] it grows.
I said, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _
but I [Gm] swear it was in self defense. _ _ _ _
_ I shot the sheriff, [Cm] _
but I swear it [G] was in self [Gm] defense. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] Freedom came my [Gm] way one day, _ [Eb] and I [Dm] started out [Gm] out there.
_ _ [Eb] All [Dm] of a sudden I [Gm] see Sheriff John Brown, [Eb] _ [Dm] aiming to shoot [Gm] me down.
_ [Bb] So I shot, [Dm] I [G] shot him down.
_ [D] I said, _ _ _ [G] _
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_ I shot the [Gm] sheriff, _ but I did not [Gm] shoot the deputy. _ _ _ _ _
_ I shot the [Bb] sheriff, [Cm] _ but I did not shoot the [G] deputy.
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] Reflexes got [Gm] the better of me, _ [Eb] _ [Dm] and what is to [Gm] be must be. _
_ _ [Bb] [Dm] Every day the buck [Gm] goes to the world, _ [Eb] but one [Dm] day the buck will [Gm] drop out.
_ [Eb] Yes, [Dm] one day the buck [Gm] will drop out.
I [Dm] said, _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ I [Gm] shot the sheriff, _ [Cm]
but I did [Gm] not shoot the deputy.
Oh no.
_ _ I shot the sheriff, _ [Cm]
but I did [Gm] not shoot no deputy.
_ _ Oh no.
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