Chords for Ziggy Marley - i shot the sheriff (live)

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Ziggy Marley -  i shot the sheriff (live) chords
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[Bm] [E] [D] [B] [G] [A] [Gm] [E]
[Em] [Am] [Em]
[D] [G] [Am] [E]
[Em] [G] [B] [Am] [Em]
I'm a shark, shark, [Am] but I've [G] been a true long time [Em] cookie.
I'm a shark, shark, [Am] and I swear it wasn't [Em] sharky face.
[C] All [Bm] around in my [Em] hometown, [C] they are trying [Bm] to drag us down.
[Em]
They [C] say they want [Bm] to bring I in [Em] guilty for [C] the killing of [Bm] a deputy, [Em]
for [E] the life [Bm] of a deputy.
[Em]
And so, [D] [Am] [G]
[Em] I shot the sheriff, [Am] but I did not shoot [Em] no deputy.
I'm old, old now, but I shot the sheriff, [Am] and I swear it [Em] wasn't sharky face.
Yeah, [D] yeah, [Em]
yeah.
[C] Sheriff [Bm] John Brown [Em] always ain't right.
[C] For what?
[Bm] I [Em] don't know.
[C] Every time [Bm] I plant my [Em] seed, when he [C] say kill [Bm] them before [Em] they grow,
when he [Gm] say kill [Bm] them before they [Em] grow, now, my [E] hands show.
[D] [Am] [Em]
It was I who shot the sheriff, [Am] but I did not shoot no [Em] deputy.
Oh, no.
[D] [Em]
I shot the sheriff, and [Am] I swear it [Bm] wasn't [E] sharky face.
[D]
[Em] [C] So, freedom [Bm] came my way one [Em] day.
So, [C] I [Bm] started out of [Em] nowhere.
[C] When [Bm] all of a sudden, [Em] I saw Sheriff John Brown, [E] aiming [Bm] to shoot I [Em] down.
So, [C] I shot, [Bm] yes, I shot, I shot him [Em] down.
And so, [Bm] [A] [G] [A] [E]
it was I who shot [Em] the sheriff, [Am] but I did not shoot [Em] no deputy.
Oh, no, no.
I shot the sheriff, [Am] and I swear it was [Em] sharky face.
[Am] [C#] Reflexes are the better of me.
[A] What is to be, must be.
[C] Every [C#] day, the bucket goes to the well.
One day, that bottom will drop out.
[C] One day, that bottom [G] will drop out.
[A] [Em] And so, [D] it [Am] was [Em]
I who shot the sheriff, [Am] but I did not shoot [Em] no deputy.
[D] Oh, no, [Em] no.
I shot the sheriff, [Am] and I swear it [Bm] wasn't [Em] sharky face.
[D] Reflexes are [Em] the better of me.
[C] [Bm] [Em] [C] [Bm] [Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[C] [Bm] [Em]
[G] [Gm] [Bm] [Em]
[D] [Em] [Am] [Em]
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Am
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C
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D
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Em
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Bm
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[Bm] _ [E] _ [D] _ [B] _ [G] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] _ [B] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ I'm a shark, shark, [Am] _ but I've [G] been a true long time [Em] cookie. _ _ _ _
_ I'm a shark, shark, [Am] _ and I swear it wasn't [Em] sharky face. _ _ _ _
_ [C] All [Bm] around in my [Em] hometown, _ [C] they are trying [Bm] to drag us down.
[Em] _
They [C] say they want [Bm] to bring I in [Em] guilty _ for [C] the killing of [Bm] a deputy, [Em] _
for [E] the life [Bm] of a deputy.
[Em] _
And so, [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ I shot the sheriff, _ [Am] but I did not shoot [Em] no deputy.
I'm old, old now, _ but I shot the sheriff, _ [Am] and I swear it [Em] wasn't sharky face.
Yeah, [D] yeah, [Em] _
yeah.
[C] Sheriff [Bm] John Brown [Em] always ain't right.
_ [C] For what?
[Bm] I [Em] don't know. _
_ [C] Every time [Bm] I plant my [Em] seed, _ when he [C] say kill [Bm] them before [Em] they grow,
when he [Gm] say kill [Bm] them before they [Em] grow, now, my [E] hands show.
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
It was I who shot the sheriff, [Am] but I did not shoot no [Em] deputy.
Oh, no.
[D] _ [Em] _
_ _ I shot the sheriff, and [Am] I swear _ it [Bm] wasn't [E] sharky face.
_ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ [C] So, freedom [Bm] came my way one [Em] day. _
So, [C] I [Bm] started out of [Em] nowhere. _
_ _ [C] When [Bm] all of a sudden, [Em] I saw Sheriff John Brown, [E] aiming [Bm] to shoot I [Em] down. _
So, [C] I shot, [Bm] yes, I shot, I shot him [Em] down.
And so, [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _
it was I who shot [Em] the sheriff, [Am] but I did not shoot [Em] no deputy.
Oh, no, no.
_ I shot the sheriff, [Am] and I swear it was [Em] sharky face. _ _ _
_ _ [Am] [C#] Reflexes are the better of me. _
_ _ _ [A] What is to be, must be.
[C] _ Every [C#] day, the bucket goes to the well.
_ _ One day, that bottom will drop out.
_ _ [C] _ One day, that bottom [G] will drop out.
[A] [Em] And so, [D] it [Am] _ was [Em] _
_ I who shot the sheriff, [Am] but I did not shoot [Em] no deputy.
_ [D] Oh, no, [Em] no.
_ _ _ I shot the sheriff, [Am] and I swear it [Bm] wasn't [Em] sharky face.
[D] _ Reflexes are [Em] the better of me.
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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