Chords for I Shot The Sheriff (Live At The Rainbow Theatre, London / 1977)
Tempo:
87.65 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
D
C#m
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[B] [F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm]
[F#m] [E] [F#m]
[Bm] [Bm]
[C#m] [F#] [E] [F#]
[Em] [D] [C#m] [F#m]
[D]
[D] [C#m] [F#m]
[D] [F#m]
[C#m] [D] [F#m]
[B]
[F#m]
[Bm] [E]
[F#m] I was an ancient sheriff, [Bm] but I didn't shoot no [F#] deputy.
[E] [C#] It goes like [D] this.
All [C#m] around in my [C#] hometown, [D] they are trying [C#m] to drag me down.
[D] They say they [C#m] want to bring me [F#m] in guilty for [D] the [C#m] life of a [F#m] deputy.
[D] For the life [C#m] of a [F#m] deputy.
When [F#] I say, [E] [A] [Bm] if I am guilty [F#] I will pay.
[F#m]
I shot the sheriff, [Bm] but I swear it was in [E] self-defense.
[E] [F#] It was [A] I who [F#m] shot the sheriff.
[Bm] And they say it is [E] a capital offense.
[D] You see, [C#] Sheriff John Brown always says,
For [D] [C#m] [F#m] what?
I don't know now.
[D] Every time [C#m] I plant [F#m] a seed, [D] he says, [C#m] kill them before [F#m] they grow.
He [D] says, [C#m] kill them before [F#m] they grow.
[F#] And so, boy, [B] [F#]
[F#m] boy, boy, I shot the sheriff.
[Bm] I didn't shoot a [E] deputy.
[F#] [E] [F#m]
It was I who shot the sheriff.
[Bm] But I didn't [E] shoot no deputy.
[F#m]
[D] Freedom [C#m] came one [F#m] day, and [D] I started [C#m] out of [F#m] town.
[D] Then [C#m] all of a sudden I [F#m] saw Sheriff John Brown.
[D] He was [G#m] aiming to shoot I [C#m] down.
[D] So I, oh [C#m] yes I, I [F#m] shot him down.
And I say, [C#] if I [F#m] am guilty I will pay.
I shot the sheriff, [Bm] but I swear it [E] was in self [F#m]-defense.
It was I who shot the sheriff.
[Bm] And they say it [E] is a capital [F#] offense.
[F#m]
[D] Reflexes [C#m] are the better [F#m] of men.
[D] [C#m] What is to be [F#m] must be.
[D] Every day [E] the bucket goes to the well.
I mean, [D] one [C#m] day the [F#] bottle will drop out.
And I [D] say, one day the [F#m] bottle will drop out.
And so, [E] [B] so.
[F#] [N]
[Bm] [F#m]
[B] [F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[Bm]
[F#m] [E] [F#m]
[Bm] [Bm]
[C#m] [F#] [E] [F#]
[Em] [D] [C#m] [F#m]
[D]
[D] [C#m] [F#m]
[D] [F#m]
[C#m] [D] [F#m]
[B]
[F#m]
[Bm] [E]
[F#m] I was an ancient sheriff, [Bm] but I didn't shoot no [F#] deputy.
[E] [C#] It goes like [D] this.
All [C#m] around in my [C#] hometown, [D] they are trying [C#m] to drag me down.
[D] They say they [C#m] want to bring me [F#m] in guilty for [D] the [C#m] life of a [F#m] deputy.
[D] For the life [C#m] of a [F#m] deputy.
When [F#] I say, [E] [A] [Bm] if I am guilty [F#] I will pay.
[F#m]
I shot the sheriff, [Bm] but I swear it was in [E] self-defense.
[E] [F#] It was [A] I who [F#m] shot the sheriff.
[Bm] And they say it is [E] a capital offense.
[D] You see, [C#] Sheriff John Brown always says,
For [D] [C#m] [F#m] what?
I don't know now.
[D] Every time [C#m] I plant [F#m] a seed, [D] he says, [C#m] kill them before [F#m] they grow.
He [D] says, [C#m] kill them before [F#m] they grow.
[F#] And so, boy, [B] [F#]
[F#m] boy, boy, I shot the sheriff.
[Bm] I didn't shoot a [E] deputy.
[F#] [E] [F#m]
It was I who shot the sheriff.
[Bm] But I didn't [E] shoot no deputy.
[F#m]
[D] Freedom [C#m] came one [F#m] day, and [D] I started [C#m] out of [F#m] town.
[D] Then [C#m] all of a sudden I [F#m] saw Sheriff John Brown.
[D] He was [G#m] aiming to shoot I [C#m] down.
[D] So I, oh [C#m] yes I, I [F#m] shot him down.
And I say, [C#] if I [F#m] am guilty I will pay.
I shot the sheriff, [Bm] but I swear it [E] was in self [F#m]-defense.
It was I who shot the sheriff.
[Bm] And they say it [E] is a capital [F#] offense.
[F#m]
[D] Reflexes [C#m] are the better [F#m] of men.
[D] [C#m] What is to be [F#m] must be.
[D] Every day [E] the bucket goes to the well.
I mean, [D] one [C#m] day the [F#] bottle will drop out.
And I [D] say, one day the [F#m] bottle will drop out.
And so, [E] [B] so.
[F#] [N]
Key:
F#m
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C#m
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[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ I was an ancient sheriff, _ [Bm] but I didn't shoot no [F#] deputy. _
[E] _ _ [C#] It goes like [D] this.
All [C#m] around in my [C#] hometown, _ _ [D] they are trying [C#m] to drag me down.
_ [D] They say they [C#m] want to bring me [F#m] in guilty for [D] the [C#m] life of a [F#m] deputy.
_ _ _ [D] For the life [C#m] of a [F#m] deputy.
When [F#] I say, [E] _ _ [A] [Bm] if I am guilty [F#] I will pay.
[F#m]
I shot the sheriff, [Bm] _ but I swear it was in [E] self-defense.
[E] _ _ _ [F#] It was [A] I who [F#m] shot the sheriff.
[Bm] And they say it is [E] a capital _ offense.
[D] You see, _ [C#] Sheriff John Brown always says,
For [D] _ _ [C#m] [F#m] what?
I don't know now. _
[D] Every time [C#m] I plant [F#m] a seed, _ [D] he says, [C#m] kill them before [F#m] they grow.
_ He [D] says, [C#m] kill them before [F#m] they grow.
_ [F#] And so, boy, [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[F#m] boy, boy, I shot the sheriff.
[Bm] I didn't shoot a [E] deputy.
_ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
It was I who shot the sheriff.
_ [Bm] But I didn't [E] shoot no deputy.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] Freedom [C#m] came one [F#m] day, and [D] I started [C#m] out of [F#m] town. _ _
[D] Then [C#m] all of a sudden I [F#m] saw Sheriff John Brown.
[D] He was [G#m] aiming to shoot I [C#m] down. _
[D] So I, oh [C#m] yes I, I [F#m] shot him down.
And I say, _ [C#] _ if I [F#m] am guilty I will pay.
I shot the sheriff, [Bm] but I swear it [E] was in self [F#m]-defense.
_ _ _ It was I who shot the sheriff.
[Bm] _ And they say it [E] is a capital [F#] offense.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] Reflexes [C#m] are the better [F#m] of men. _ _
[D] _ [C#m] What is to be [F#m] must be. _
[D] Every day [E] the bucket goes to the well.
I mean, [D] one [C#m] day the [F#] bottle will drop out.
And I [D] say, one day the [F#m] bottle will drop out.
And so, [E] _ _ _ [B] so.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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[F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
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[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[Em] _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _
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_ _ [C#m] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ I was an ancient sheriff, _ [Bm] but I didn't shoot no [F#] deputy. _
[E] _ _ [C#] It goes like [D] this.
All [C#m] around in my [C#] hometown, _ _ [D] they are trying [C#m] to drag me down.
_ [D] They say they [C#m] want to bring me [F#m] in guilty for [D] the [C#m] life of a [F#m] deputy.
_ _ _ [D] For the life [C#m] of a [F#m] deputy.
When [F#] I say, [E] _ _ [A] [Bm] if I am guilty [F#] I will pay.
[F#m]
I shot the sheriff, [Bm] _ but I swear it was in [E] self-defense.
[E] _ _ _ [F#] It was [A] I who [F#m] shot the sheriff.
[Bm] And they say it is [E] a capital _ offense.
[D] You see, _ [C#] Sheriff John Brown always says,
For [D] _ _ [C#m] [F#m] what?
I don't know now. _
[D] Every time [C#m] I plant [F#m] a seed, _ [D] he says, [C#m] kill them before [F#m] they grow.
_ He [D] says, [C#m] kill them before [F#m] they grow.
_ [F#] And so, boy, [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[F#m] boy, boy, I shot the sheriff.
[Bm] I didn't shoot a [E] deputy.
_ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
It was I who shot the sheriff.
_ [Bm] But I didn't [E] shoot no deputy.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] Freedom [C#m] came one [F#m] day, and [D] I started [C#m] out of [F#m] town. _ _
[D] Then [C#m] all of a sudden I [F#m] saw Sheriff John Brown.
[D] He was [G#m] aiming to shoot I [C#m] down. _
[D] So I, oh [C#m] yes I, I [F#m] shot him down.
And I say, _ [C#] _ if I [F#m] am guilty I will pay.
I shot the sheriff, [Bm] but I swear it [E] was in self [F#m]-defense.
_ _ _ It was I who shot the sheriff.
[Bm] _ And they say it [E] is a capital [F#] offense.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[D] Reflexes [C#m] are the better [F#m] of men. _ _
[D] _ [C#m] What is to be [F#m] must be. _
[D] Every day [E] the bucket goes to the well.
I mean, [D] one [C#m] day the [F#] bottle will drop out.
And I [D] say, one day the [F#m] bottle will drop out.
And so, [E] _ _ _ [B] so.
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _