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I Shot The Sheriff

Key: E

Introduction:

 Fm                                   Cm 
I shot the sheriff
                                             Fm 
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
 Fm                                   Cm 
I shot the sheriff
                                             Fm 
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)
 Eb   Dm                     Fm 
All around in my home town,
 Eb                               Dm             Fm 
They're tryin' to track me down 
 Eb                                       Dm                   Fm 
They say they want to bring me in guilty
                 Eb                     Dm     Fm 
For the killing of a deputy,
                 Eb               Dm     Fm 
For the life of a deputy.
 Fm                                 Cm 
I shot the sheriff
                                             Fm 
but I swear it was in self-defense.
 Fm                                 Cm 
I shot the sheriff
                                           Fm 
and they say it is a capital offense.
 Eb           Dm                               Fm 
Sheriff john brown always hated me 
         Eb   Dm           Fm           Eb 
For what     I dont know.
             Dm                   Fm 
Every time that I plant a seed
                   Eb           Dm               Fm 
He said, kill it before it grows.
                   Eb           Dm               Fm 
He said, kill it before it grows.