#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## (deux fois) Gm Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Cm Gm Gm Gm Gm but I did not shoot the deputy. ====== Eb Dm Gm Gm All around in my home town Eb Dm Gm Gm they're trying to track me down. Eb Dm Gm Gm They say they want to bring me in guilty Eb Dm Gm Gm for the killing of a deputy,=== Eb Dm7 Gm Gm for the killing of a deputy,=== Gm Gm Gm Gm But I say: ========= (deux fois) I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. Sheriff John Brown always hated me for what I don't know. Ev'ry time that I plant a seed he said "Kill it before it grow," (deux fois) But I say: Freedom came my way one day and I started out of town. All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown, aiming to shoot me down. So I shot, I shot him down. But I say: Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be must be. Ev'ry day the bucket goes to the well, but one day the bottom will drop out, yes one day the bottom will drop out. But I say: