Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff

[Chorus]
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I shot the sheriff
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But I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
I shot the sheriff
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But I didn’t shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 1]
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Yeah, all around in my home town
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They’re trying to track me down
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Yeah, They say they want to bring me in guilty
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For the killing of a deputy
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For the life of a de puty
But I say

[(Pre-)Chorus]
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Oh, now, now, oh

[Chorus]
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I shot the sheriff
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But I swear it was in selfdefense, oh no, oh
I shot the sherriff
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And they say it is a capital offense,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah

[Verse 2]
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Sheriff John Brown always hated me
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For what, I don’t know
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Every time I plant a seed
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He said kill it before it grow
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He said kill them before they grow

[(Pre-)Chorus]
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And so, and so

[Chorus]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in selfdefense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I shot the sheriff
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But I swear it was in selfdefense, yeah
Oohooh

[Verse 3]
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Freedom came my way one day
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And I started out of town, yeah
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All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
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Aiming to shoot me down
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So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say

[Break]
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If I am guilty I will pay pay, pay, pay, pay, pay

[Chorus]
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn’t shoot no deputy
ooh, ooh, ooh
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah

[Verse 4]
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Reflexes had the better of me
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And what is to be must be
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Every day the bucket ago a well
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One day the bottom ago drop out
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One day the bottom ago drop out
I say

[Bridge/Solo]
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III, I shot the sheriff
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Lord, I didn’t shot the deputy, no
Yeah, II
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But I didn’t shoot no deputy, yeah, so, yeah.

[Outro]
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