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Riff
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Cm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
EbDm7Gm
All around in my home town
EbDm7Gm
They're trying to track me down
EbDm7Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty
EbDm7Gm
For the killing of a deputy
EbDm7Gm
For the life of a deputy But I say?
Riff
GmCm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
GmCm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
EbDm7Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
EbDm7Gm
For what I don't know
EbDm7Gm
Every time that I plant a seed
EbDm7Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows"
EbDm7Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows", I say!
Riff
GmCm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
GmCm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
EbDm7Gm
Freedom came my way one day
EbDm7Gm
And I started out of town yeah
EbDm7Gm
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
EbDm7Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
EbDm7Gm
So I shot, I shot him down, I say!
GmCm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
GmCm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy
EbDm7Gm
Reflexes got the better of me
EbDm7Gm
And what is to be must be
EbDm7Gm
Every day the bucket falls to the well
EbDm7Gm
But one day the bottom will drop out
EbDm7Gm
Yes, one day one day the bottom will drop out But I say
Riff
GmCm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no
GmCm7Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy, oh no
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