------------------------..............

*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*

Cm I shot the sheriff,

Fm Cm But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!

Cm I shot the sheriff,

Fm Cm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

G# Gm7 Cm All a-round in my home town,

G# Gm7 CmThey're tryin' to track me down;

G# Gm7 Cm They say they want to bring me in guilty,

G# Gm7 CmFor the killing of a depu-ty,

G# Gm7 CmFor the life of a dep-uty. But I say...

*(Riff):

Cm I shot the sheriff,

Fm Cm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)

Cm FmI say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord!

CmAnd they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!

G# Gm7 Cm Sheriff John Brown always hated me,

G# Gm7 CmFor what... I don't know.

G# Gm7 CmEvery time I plant a seed,

G# Gm7 CmHe said kill it be-fore it grow,

G# Gm7 CmHe said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...

*(Riff):

(Read it in the news!)

Cm I shot the sheriff,

Fm Cm But I swear it was in self-defence. I say;

Cm I shot the sheriff,

Fm Cm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)

G# Gm7 Cm Freedom came my way one day,

G# Gm7 CmAnd I started, out of town, yeah!

G# Gm7 Cm All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,

G# Gm7 Cm Aiming to shoot me down,

G# Gm7 CmSo I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say...

*(Riff):

(If I am guilty, I will pay)...

Cm I shot the sheriff,

Fm Cm But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!

Cm I shot the sheriff,

Fm Cm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

G# Gm7 CmRe-flexes had the better of me,

G# Gm7 CmAnd what is to be must be.

G# Gm7 CmEvery day, the bucket a-go a-well,

G# Gm7 Cm One day the bottom a-go drop out,

G# Gm7 Cm One day the bottom a-go drop out.

*(Riff):

(I say)...

CmI-I-I, I shot the sheriff,

Fm Cm Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No!

CmI-I...(shot the sheriff),

Fm Cm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!

Cm Fm

Cm

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

Cm Fm G# Gm7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

355333 x35543 x68886 x57565

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)