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I Shot The Sheriff chords
Eric Clapton 1974 (Bob Marley 1973)

Capo I

F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                      F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                      F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

D (xx0232@1)  Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)     F#mAll (244222@1)around in my home town,
D (xx0232@1)               Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  F#mthey're (244222@1)trying to track me down.
D (xx0232@1)                   Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)     F#mThey (244222@1)say they want to bring me in guilty,
        D (xx0232@1)          Dmaj7F#m
for the killing of a depu  ty
        D (xx0232@1)       Dmaj7F#m
For the life of a depu  ty.

But I say:

F#m Bm F#m

F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                    F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                   F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.

D (xx0232@1)          Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)      F#mSheriff (244222@1)John Brown always hated me;
    D (xx0232@1)    Dmaj7F#m
for what I don't know.
D (xx0232@1)               Dmaj7 (xx0222@1) F#mEvery (244222@1)time that I plant a seed,
          D (xx0232@1)       Dmaj7 (xx0222@1) F#mhe (244222@1)said, "Kill it before it grows."
          D (xx0232@1)       Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  F#mHe (244222@1)said, "Kill it before it grows."

I say:

F#m Bm F#m

F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                    F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                    F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.

D (xx0232@1)     Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)     F#mFreedom (244222@1)came my way one day
      D (xx0232@1)     Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)F#mAnd (244222@1)I started out of town.
D (xx0232@1)                   Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)      F#mAll (244222@1)of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
D (xx0232@1)       Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  F#mAiming (244222@1)to shoot me down.
     D (xx0232@1)     Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  F#mSo (244222@1)I shot, I shot him down.

I say:

F#m Bm F#m

F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                      F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                      F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

D (xx0232@1)              Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)   F#mReflexes (244222@1)got the better of me
D (xx0232@1)            Dmaj7 (xx0222@1) F#mAnd (244222@1)what is to be must be.
D (xx0232@1)           Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)            F#mEvery (244222@1)day the bucket goes to the well,
D (xx0232@1)         Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)          F#mone (244222@1)day the bottom will drop out,
     D (xx0232@1)         Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)          F#mYes, (244222@1)one day the bottom will drop out.

But I say:

F#m Bm F#m

F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                      F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
F#m (244222@1)             Bm (x24432@1)                     F#mI (244222@1)shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy. . . .

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