[Chorus]
[Gm]I shot the sheriff
[Cm]but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy
[Verse]
[Eb]All a[Dm]round in my [Gm]home town
they're [Eb]trying to [Dm]track me [Gm]down.
They [Eb]say they want to [Dm]bring me in [Gm]guilty
for the [Eb]killing of a [Dm]deputy [Gm]
for the [Eb]killing of a [Dm7]deputy
But I say[Gm]
[Chorus]
I shot the sheriff
but I swear it was in selfdefence.
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
for what I don't know
Every time that I plant a seed
he said "Kill it before it grow"
But I say:
[Repeat Chorus]
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
And I say
[Repeat Chorus]
Reflexes got the better of me
and what is to be must be.
Every 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
