Bob Marley – I Shot The Sheriff (Guitar)

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------------------------.............. *from 'Burnin'' (1973)* [Chorus 1]
Gm
[tab]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: ---------------
   Gm      Cm      Eb      Dm7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
355333 x35543 x68886 x57565 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])