I Shot the Sheriff

I Shot the Sheriff

I Shot The Sheriff Bob Marley and the Wailers Hear this song at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4zoXO7UvC0 [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I didn’t shoot no [Am] deputy [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I didn’t shoot no [Am] deputy [F] All a[Em]round in my [Am] hometown They're [F] trying to [Em] track me [Am] down They [F] say they want to [Em] bring me in [Am] guilty For the [F] killing of a [Em7] depu[Am]ty For the [F] life of a [Em7] depu[Am]ty. But I say: A| 12 10 7 5 3 5 7 5 3 0 [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I swear it was in [Am] self‐defence [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] and they say it is a [Am] capital offence [F] Sheriff [Em] John Brown always [Am] hated me [F] For [Em] what I don't [Am] know [F] Every [Em] time I [Am] plant a seed He said: "[F] Kill it be[Em7]fore it [Am] grows!" He said: "[F] Kill them be[Em7]fore they [Am] grow!" And so: A| 12 10 7 5 3 5 7 5 3 0 [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I swear it was in [Am] self‐defence [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I swear it was in [Am] self‐defence [F] Freedom [Em] came my way [Am] one day [F] And I [Em] started out of [Am] town [F] All of a [Em] sudden, I saw [Am] Sheriff John Brown [F] Aiming to [Em7] shoot me [Am] down So I [F] shot, I [Em7] shot I shot him [Am] down But I say (if I am guilty I will say): A| 12 10 7 5 3 5 7 5 3 0 [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I did not shoot the [Am] deputy [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I did not shoot the [Am] deputy [F] Reflexes [Em] got the better of [Am] me [F] And what is to [Em] be must [Am] be [F] Every [Em] day, the bucket goes [Am] to the well [F] But one [Em7] day the bottom [Am] will drop out [F] One [Em7] day the bottom [Am] will drop out I say: A| 12 10 7 5 3 5 7 5 3 0 [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I did not shoot the [Am] deputy [Am] I shot the Sheriff, [Dm] but I didn’t not shoot no [Am] deputy [Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm] [Am] [Dm] [Am] Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpex.net/uke.htm .

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