I Shot The Sheriff (2 вариант)

CHORUS: 
 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy 
 
 
VERSE 1: 
 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
All around in my home town 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
They‘re trying to track me down 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
They say they want to bring me in guilty 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
For the killing of a deputy 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
For the life of a deputy But I say… (play MAIN RIFF) 
 
MAIN RIFF: 
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CHORUS: 
 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense 
 
 
VERSE 2: 
 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
Sheriff John Brown always hated me 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
For what I don‘t know 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
Every time that I plant a seed 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
He said "Kill it before it grows" 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
He said "Kill it before it grows" I say! 
 
(play MAIN RIFF) 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense 
 
 
VERSE 3: 
 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
Freedom came my way one day 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
And I started out of town yeah 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
Aiming to shoot me down 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
So I shot, I shot him down I say! 
 
(play MAIN RIFF) 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I didn‘t shoot the deputy 
 
 
VERSE 4: 
 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
Reflexes got the better of me 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
And what is to be must be 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
Every day the bucket falls to the well 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
But one day the bottom will drop out 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out But I say 
 
(play MAIN RIFF) 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no 
(Gm) (Cm) (Gm) 
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy, oh no 
 
 
ENDING: (Cm) (Dm) (Gm) 
(Cm) (Dm) (Gm) (repeat and fade)