(I shot the sherif [Chorus #1] Bm Bm Em Em
(But I didn't shoot no deputy) x2) Bm Bm Bm Bm
All around, in my hometown - … [Verse] GM7 F#m
They trying to track me down - … Bm Bm
They say they wanna bring me - In guilty
For the killing of a deputy - … [Riff]
For the life of a deputy - But I say Oh now, oh
(But I swear it was in self-defense/ [Chorus #2]
And they say it is
a capital offense) x2) [*Riff] Bm F#m
Em Bm X
Sheriff John Brown always hated me - …
For what, I don't know - … [Riff]
Every time I plant a seed - … Read it in
He say kill it before it grow - … the (news)
He say kill them before they grow
And so [Chorus #2
Parts #1-1]
Freedom came my way one day - …
And I started out of town, yeah - … ═════════╗
All of a sudden ║ Bob Marley ║
I saw Sherif John Brown ║ I Shot the Sherif ║
Aiming to shoot me down - … ═════════════ [Riff]
So (I shot x3) him down If I am guilty, I
And I say will pay - X X X
Reflexes had the better of me - … [Chorus #1]
And what is to be must be - …
Every day the bucket a-go a-well - … [Riff] I, I
(One day the bottom [Chorus #1]
have a dropout - (…/I say) x2) [Solo] (x4)