[Chorus]

Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                          Gm
   But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff
Cm                          Gm
   But I did not shoot the deputy

[First Part]

Eb       Dm         Gm
   All around in my old town
  Eb                Dm      Gm
They're trying to track me down
      Eb
They say they want to
  Dm             Gm
Bring me in guilty
         Eb           Dm  Gm
For the killing of a deputy
         Eb        Dm  Gm
For the life of a deputy

But I say
Gm
Uh, uh, uh

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh

[Chorus]

Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                        Gm
   But I swear it was in selfdefence

I shot the sheriff
Cm
   And they say it is a
 Gm
Capital offence

[Segunda Parte]

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

And so, and so

[Chorus]

Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                        Gm
   But I swear it was in selfdefence

I shot the sheriff
Cm                        Gm
   But I swear it was in selfdefence

[Terceira Parte]

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

And I say

Uh, uh, uh

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh

[Chorus]

Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                          Gm
   But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff
Cm                          Gm
   But I did not shoot the deputy

[Quarta Parte]

    Eb            Dm        Gm
Reflexes got the better of me
         Eb     Dm      Gm
And what is to be must be
       Eb      Dm          Gm
Every day the bucket goes to the well
         Eb             Dm       Gm
But one day the bottom will drop out
     Eb         Dm           Gm
One day the bottom will drop out

But I say

Uh, uh, uh

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh

[Chorus]

Gm
I shot the sheriff
Cm                          Gm
   But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff
Cm                          Gm
   But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff
Cm                          Gm
   But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff
Cm                          Gm
   But I did not shoot the deputy