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I Shot The Sheriff

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Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of Reggae, and more specifically Roots Reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.

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...I SHOT THE SHERIFF... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*

[Chorus 1]

Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

[Verse 1]

Eb Dm7 Gm
All a-round in my home town,
Eb Dm7 Gm
They're tryin' to track me down;
Eb Dm7 Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty,
Eb Dm7 Gm
For the killing of a depu-ty,
Eb Dm7 Gm
For the life of a dep-uty. But I say...

*(Riff):

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|

[Chorus 2]

Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)
Gm Cm
I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord!
Gm
And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!

[Verse 2]

Eb Dm7 Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
Eb Dm7 Gm
For what... I don't know.
Eb Dm7 Gm
Every time I plant a seed,
Eb Dm7 Gm
He said kill it be-fore it grow,
Eb Dm7 Gm
He said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...

*(Riff):

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|

(Read it in the news!)

[Chorus 3]

Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in self-defence. I say;
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)

[Verse 3]

Eb Dm7 Gm
Freedom came my way one day,
Eb Dm7 Gm
And I started, out of town, yeah!
Eb Dm7 Gm
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,
Eb Dm7 Gm
Aiming to shoot me down,
Eb Dm7 Gm
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say...

*(Riff):

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|

(If I am guilty, I will pay)...

[Chorus 4]

Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

[Verse 4]

Eb Dm7 Gm
Re-flexes had the better of me,
Eb Dm7 Gm
And what is to be must be.
Eb Dm7 Gm
Every day, the bucket a-go a-well,
Eb Dm7 Gm
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
Eb Dm7 Gm
One day the bottom a-go drop out.

*(Riff):

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|

(I say)...

[Chorus 5]

Gm
I-I-I, I shot the sheriff,
Cm Gm
Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No!
Gm
I-I...(shot the sheriff),
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!

[Coda]

Gm Cm
Gm

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Gm Cm Eb Dm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])