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
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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
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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
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REPEAT CHORUS 1:
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:
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REPEAT CHORUS 1:
