------------------------..............
*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*
Fm I shot the sheriff,
A#m Fm But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Fm I shot the sheriff,
A#m Fm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.
C# Cm7 Fm All a-round in my home town,
C# Cm7 FmThey're tryin' to track me down;
C# Cm7 Fm They say they want to bring me in guilty,
C# Cm7 FmFor the killing of a depu-ty,
C# Cm7 FmFor the life of a dep-uty. But I say...
*(Riff):
Fm I shot the sheriff,
A#m Fm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)
Fm A#mI say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord!
FmAnd they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!
C# Cm7 Fm Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
C# Cm7 FmFor what... I don't know.
C# Cm7 FmEvery time I plant a seed,
C# Cm7 FmHe said kill it be-fore it grow,
C# Cm7 FmHe said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...
*(Riff):
(Read it in the news!)
Fm I shot the sheriff,
A#m Fm But I swear it was in self-defence. I say;
Fm I shot the sheriff,
A#m Fm But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)
C# Cm7 Fm Freedom came my way one day,
C# Cm7 FmAnd I started, out of town, yeah!
C# Cm7 Fm All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,
C# Cm7 Fm Aiming to shoot me down,
C# Cm7 FmSo I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say...
*(Riff):
(If I am guilty, I will pay)...
Fm I shot the sheriff,
A#m Fm But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Fm I shot the sheriff,
A#m Fm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.
C# Cm7 FmRe-flexes had the better of me,
C# Cm7 FmAnd what is to be must be.
C# Cm7 FmEvery day, the bucket a-go a-well,
C# Cm7 Fm One day the bottom a-go drop out,
C# Cm7 Fm One day the bottom a-go drop out.
*(Riff):
(I say)...
FmI-I-I, I shot the sheriff,
A#m Fm Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No!
FmI-I...(shot the sheriff),
A#m Fm But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!
Fm A#m
Fm
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
Fm A#m C# Cm7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355333 x35543 x68886 x57565
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)