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I Shot The Sheriff
Bob Marley
Key : Gm
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[Chorus (1)]
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Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                      Gm
  But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
Cm                      Gm
  But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 1]
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     Eb     Dm       Gm
Yeah,  all around in my home town
        Eb        Dm       Gm
They're trying to track me down
           Eb               Dm             Gm
Yeah, They say they want to bring me in guilty
        Eb           Dm    Gm
For the killing of a deputy
        Eb          Dm    Gm
For the life of a de  puty
But I say

[(Pre-)Chorus (1)]
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Bb Cm Gm
        Oh, now, now, oh

[Chorus (2)]
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Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                      Gm
  But I swear it was in selfdefense, oh no, oh
I shot the sherriff
Cm                     Gm
  And they say it is a capital offense,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah

[Verse 2]
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Eb             Dm           Gm
  Sheriff John Brown always hated me
    Eb   Dm            Gm
For what,  I don't know
      Eb          Dm
Every time I plant  a seed
Gm        Eb        Dm          Gm
  He said kill it before it grow
        Eb          Dm        Gm
He said kill them before they grow

[(Pre-)Chorus (2)]
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       Bb      Cm Gm
And so,  and so

[Chorus (3)]
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Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                      Gm
  But I swear it was in selfdefense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I shot the sheriff
Cm                      Gm
  But I swear it was in selfdefense, yeah
Oohooh

[Verse 3]
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Eb                Dm         Gm
  Freedom came my way one day
      Eb     Dm             Gm
And I started  out of town, yeah
Eb               Dm     Gm
  All of a sudden  I saw  Sheriff John Brown
Eb        Dm       Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
     Eb           Dm               Gm
So I shot, I shot,  I shot him down  and I say

[Break]
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Bb Cm Gm
        If I am guilty I will pay pay, pay, pay, pay, pay

[Chorus (4)]
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Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                      Gm
  But I didn't shoot no deputy
ooh, ooh, ooh
I shot the sheriff,
Cm                      Gm
  But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah

[Verse 4]
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Eb                  Dm       Gm
Reflexes had the better of me
    Eb           Dm     Gm
And what is to be  must be
      Eb         Dm      Gm
Every day the bucket ago a well
Eb          Dm         Gm
One day the bottom ago drop out
Eb          Dm         Gm
One day the bottom ago drop out
I say

[Bridge/Solo]
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Bb Cm Gm  Gm
        III, I shot the sheriff
Cm                               Gm
  Lord, I didn't shot the deputy,  no
Yeah, II
Cm                      Gm
  But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, so, yeah.

[Outro]
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Gm | Cm | Gm | Cm 
Gm | Gm | Cm | Gm 
Cm | Gm | Gm | Cm 
Gm
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