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I Shot The Sheriff

Biography:

Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of Reggae, and more specifically Roots Reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.

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Reggae beat, all barres. (Ebmaj7: 668786)

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[Verse 1]

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, ooooh

Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
All around in my hometown
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
They're tryin' to track me down
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
For the killing of a deputy
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
For the life of a deputy, but I say

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Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in self defense oh, no Ooh, ooh, oooh yeah
Gm Cm
I say, I shot the sheriff, Oh, Lord
Gm
And they say it is a capital offence, yeah Ooh, ooh, oooh Yeah

Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
For what, I don't know
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
Every time I plant a seed
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He said kill it before it grows
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He said kill them before they grow, and so

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And so

Read it in the news

[Chorus]

Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in self defense oh, no Ooh, ooh, oooh yeah
Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I swear it was in self defense, Oh, no, ooh, ooh, oooh Yeah

Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
Freedom came my way one day
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
And I started out of town, yeah
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say

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If I am guilty I will pay

[Chorus]

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, ooooh

Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
Reflexes had got the better of me
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
And what is to be must be
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Every day the bucket a-go a well
Ebmaj7 Dm Gm
One day the bottom a-go drop out
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One day the bottom a-go drop out, I say

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[Chorus]

Gm
I, I, I, I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, yeah
Gm
I, I shot the sheriff
Cm Gm
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, no, yeah

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