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[Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy[Cm7]　[Dm7]

[Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy[Dm7]

 

[Ebmaj7]All [Dm7]around in my [Gm]home town

[Ebmaj7]They're [Dm7]trying to track me [Gm]down

[Ebmaj7]They say [Dm7]they want to [Gm]bring me in guilty

[Ebmaj7]For the [Dm7]killing of a [Gm]deputy

For the [Ebmaj7]life of a [Dm7]deputy,[Gm] but I say

 

[Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]but I swear it was in [Gm]self-defense[Cm7]　[Dm7]

[Gm]I shot the sheriff, [Cm7]and they say it is a [Gm]capital offense[Dm7]

 

[Ebmaj7]Sheriff [Dm7]John Brown [Gm]always hated me

[Ebmaj7]　[Dm7]For what I don't [Gm]know

[Ebmaj7]Every [Dm7]time that I [Gm]plant a seed

[Ebmaj7]He said, [Dm7]”Kill it before it [Gm]grows"

He said, [Ebmaj7]”Kill it [Dm7]before it [Gm]grows", I say

 

[Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I swear it was in [Gm]self-defense[Cm7]　[Dm7]

[Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I swear it was in [Gm]self-defense[Dm7]

 

[Ebmaj7]Freedom [Dm7]came my way [Gm]one day

[Ebmaj7]And I [Dm7]started out of [Gm]town

[Ebmaj7]All of a [Dm7]sudden I see [Gm]sheriff John Brown

[Ebmaj7]　[Dm7]Aiming to shoot me [Gm]down

So [Ebmaj7]I shot, [Dm7]I shot him [Gm]down, I say

[Gm]　[Cm7]　[Gm]

[Gm]　[Cm7]　[Gm]

[Ebmaj7]　[Dm7]　[Gm]

[Ebmaj7]　[Dm7]　[Gm]

[Ebmaj7]　[Dm7]　[Gm]

[Ebmaj7]　[Dm7]　[Gm]

[Ebmaj7]　[Dm7]　[Gm]

 

[Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy[Cm7]　[Dm7]

[Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy[Dm7]

 

[Ebmaj7]Reflexes[Dm7] got the [Gm]better of me

[Ebmaj7]And [Dm7]what is to be [Gm]must be

[Ebmaj7]Every [Dm7]day the bucket [Gm]goes to the well

But [Ebmaj7]one day the [Dm7]bottom will [Gm]drop out

Yes, [Ebmaj7]one day the [Dm7]bottom will [Gm]drop out, but I say

 

[Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy, oh no[Cm7]　[Dm7]

[Gm]I shot the sheriff,[Cm7] but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy, oh no

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