[Refrão 1]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot the deputy
[Primeira Parte]
Eb Dm Gm
All around in my hometown
Eb DmGm
They're trying to track me down
Eb Dm Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty
EbDm Gm
For the killing of a deputy
Eb Dm Gm
For the life of a deputy
Riff
But I say
[Tab - Riff]
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-12-10-7-5-3-7-5-3-0----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-10-8--5-3-1-5-3-1------------------------|
E|-------------------3----------------------|
[Refrão 2]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
CmGm
But I swear it was in selfdefence
I shot the sheriff
CmGm
And they say it is a capital offence
[Segunda Parte]
Eb Dm Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
Eb DmGm
For what I don't know
EbDmGm
Every time I plant a seed
Eb Dm Gm
He said "Kill it before it grow"
Eb DmGm
He said "Kill them before they grow"
(Riff)
And so, and so
Read it in the news
[Refrão 3]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
CmGm
But I swear it was in selfdefence
I shot the sheriff
CmGm
But I swear it was in selfdefence
[Terceira Parte]
Eb DmGm
Freedom came my way one day
Eb DmGm
And I started out of town
EbDm Gm
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
EbDm Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
EbDm Gm
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down
(Riff)
And I say
If I am guilty, I will pay
[Refrão 1]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot the deputy
[Quarta Parte]
EbDm Gm
Reflexes got the better of me
Eb DmGm
And what is to be must be
EbDm Gm
Every day the bucket a-go a-well
EbDmGm
One day the bottom will drop out
EbDmGm
One day the bottom will drop out
(Riff)
I say
[Refrão 1]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
CmGm
But I didn't shoot the deputy
Cm
I, I shot the sheriff
Gm
But I didn't shoot the deputy
