Teksto

 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.


 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--|

 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!

 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!)

 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!)


 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)...

 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.

    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)...

     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!

 Gm  Cm
 Gm

(Repeat to Fade)