G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|
G F D C Bb C  D C Bb G
 

Gm                             Cm                                Gm
I shot the sheriff,     But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Gm                             Cm                               Gm
I shot the sheriff,     But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

Eb       Dm7            Gm                                  Eb           Dm7        Gm
 All a-round in my home town,    They're tryin' to track me down;
          Eb                         Dm7              Gm                       Eb              Dm7  Gm
 They say they want to bring me in guilty,    For the killing of a depu-ty,
             Eb           Dm7 Gm
For the life of a dep-uty. But I say...

Riff

I shot the sheriff,     But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)
I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord!    And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!

Sheriff John Brown always hated me,    For what... I don't know.
Every time I plant a seed,    He said kill it be-fore it grow,
He said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...

 
Riff

I shot the sheriff,     But I swear it was in self-defence. I say;
I shot the sheriff,     But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)

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

 
Riff

If I am guilty, I will pay
 
I shot the sheriff,     But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
I shot the sheriff,     But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

Re-flexes had the better of me,    And what is to be must be.
Every day, the bucket a-go a-well,     One day the bottom a-go drop out,
One day the bottom a-go drop out.   I say..

Riff

I-I-I, I shot the sheriff,     Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No!
I-I...(shot the sheriff),     But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!
 

Gm  Cm Gm.  Repeat to Fade