CHORUS 1: [Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I didn't shoot the [Gm] deputy [Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I didn't shoot the [Gm] deputy
VERSE 1: [Eb] All a-[D7]-round in my [Gm] home town
They're [Eb] trying to [D7] track me [Gm] down
They [Eb] say they want to [D7] bring me in [Gm] guilty
For the [Eb] killing of a [D7] deputy [Gm]
For the [Eb] life of a [D7] deputy [Gm]; But I say [*F1]
CHORUS 2: [Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I swear it was in self-[Gm]-defence [Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] and they say it is a capital [Gm] offence
VERSE 2: [Eb] Sheriff John [D7] Brown always [Gm] hated me
For [Eb] what [D7] I don't [Gm] know [Eb] Every-[D7]-time that I [Gm] plant a seed
He said [Eb] "Kill it be-[D7]-fore it [Gm] grow"
He said [Eb] "Kill it be-[D7]-fore it [Gm] grow", I say [*F1]
CHORUS 3: [Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I swear it was in [Gm] self-defence [Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I swear it was in [Gm] self-defence
VERSE 3: [Eb] Freedom [D7] came my [Gm] way one day
And I [Eb] started [D7] out of [Gm] town
All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown [Eb] Aiming to [D7] shoot me [Gm] down
So I [Eb] shot, I [D7] shot him [Gm] down; I say [*F1]
VERSE 4: [Eb] Re-[D7]-flexes got the [Gm] better of me
And [Eb] what is to [D7] be must [Gm] be [Eb] Every-[D7]-day the [Gm] bucket goes to the well
But one [Eb] day the [D7] bottom will [Gm] drop out
Yes one [Eb] day the [D7] bottom will [Gm] drop out; I say: [*F1]
