I Shot The Sheriff - Chords

by Bob Marley

Gm  Cm  Eb  Dm  Dm7

Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm but I did not shoot the deputy. Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Gm but I did not shoot the deputy. Eb Dm Gm All a round in my home town Eb Dm Gm they´re trying to track me down. Eb Dm Gm They say they want to bring me in guilty Eb Dm Gm for the killing of a deputy, Eb Dm7 Gm for the killing of a deputy. Gm But I say: I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. Sheriff John Brown always hated me for what I don´t know. Ev´ry time that I plant a seed he said "Kill it before it grow," he said "Kill it before it grow." But I say: I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. Freedom came my way one day and I started out of town. All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown, aiming to shoot me down. So I shot, I shot him down. But I say: I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be must be. Ev´ry day the bucket goes to the well, but one day the bottom will drop out, yes one day the bottom will drop out. But I say:420