Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
I Shot The Sheriff chords
Eric Clapton 1974 (Bob Marley 1973)
Capo I
F# minorF#m 
B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
D MajorD 
Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
All around in my home town,
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
they're trying to track me down.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
They say they want to bring me in guilty,
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
for the killing of a depu ty
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
For the life of a depu ty.
But I say:
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
Sheriff John Brown always hated me;
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
for what I don't know.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
Every time that I plant a seed,
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
he said, "Kill it before it grows."
D MajorD Dma7 F# minorF#m
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
I say:
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
Freedom came my way one day
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
And I started out of town.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
Aiming to shoot me down.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
So I shot, I shot him down.
I say:
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
Reflexes got the better of me
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
And what is to be must be.
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
Every day the bucket goes to the well,
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
one day the bottom will drop out,
D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
But I say:
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
F# minorF#m B minorBm F# minorF#m
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy. . . .
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