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Freedom came my way one day,

And I started, out of town, yeah!

All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,

Aiming to shoot me down,

So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say...


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I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.


Re-flexes had the better of me,

And what is to be must be.

Every day, the bucket a-go a-well,

 One day the bottom a-go drop out,

 One day the bottom a-go drop out.

 

Gm Cm Gm

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.


If I am guilty I will pay.

 

Bob Marley - I Shot the Sheriff

Gm Cm Gm

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

 

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 All a-round in my home town,

They're tryin' to track me down;

 They say they want to bring me in guilty,

For the killing of a depu-ty,

For the life of a dep-uty. But I say...

 

Gm Cm Gm

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.


Sheriff John Brown always hated me,

For what... I don't know.

Every time I plant a seed,

He said kill it be-fore it grow,

He said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...

 

Gm Cm Gm

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!

I shot the sheriff,

But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

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