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- {t:I SHOT THE SHERIFF}
- {st:Bob Marley}
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- [Gm]I shot the sheriff,
- [Cm]but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy.
- [Gm]I shot the sheriff,
- [Cm]but I did not shoot the [Gm]deputy.
- [Eb]All a[Dm]round in my [Gm]home town
- they're [Eb]trying to [Dm]track me [Gm]down.
- They [Eb]say they want to [Dm]bring me in [Gm]guilty
- for the [Eb]killing of a [Dm]deputy,[Gm]
- for the [Eb]killing of a [Dm7]deputy. [Gm]
- But I say: [Gm]
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- I shot the sheriff,
- but I swear it was in selfdefence.
- I shot the sheriff,
- but I swear it was in selfdefence.
- Sheriff John Brown always hated me
- for what I don't know.
- Ev'ry time that I plant a seed
- he said "Kill it before it grow,"
- he said "Kill it before it grow."
- But I say:
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- I shot the sheriff,
- but I swear it was in selfdefence.
- I shot the sheriff,
- but I swear it was in selfdefence.
- Freedom came my way one day
- and I started out of town.
- All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown,
- aiming to shoot me down.
- So I shot, I shot him down.
- But I say:
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- I shot the sheriff,
- but I did not shoot the deputy.
- I shot the sheriff,
- but I did not shoot the deputy.
- Reflexes got the better of me
- and what is to be must be.
- Ev'ry day the bucket goes to the well,
- but one day the bottom will drop out,
- yes one day the bottom will drop out.
- But I say:
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