{"id":17161,"date":"2023-09-03T21:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17161"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:06:38","slug":"i-shot-the-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/i-shot-the-sheriff\/","title":{"rendered":"I Shot the Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eb Dm Gm (end on the G)<\/p>\n

I Shot the Sheriff\t\tG<\/p>\n

CHORUS:
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but but I did not shoot the [Gm] deputy
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I didn’t shoot the [Gm] deputy<\/p>\n

VERSE 1:
\n(bass A when Dm plays)
\n[Eb] All around in [Dm] my home town [Gm]
\n[Eb] They’re trying to [Dm] track me down [Gm]
\n[Eb] They say they want to [Dm] bring me in guilty [Gm]
\n[Eb] For the killing of a [Dm] deputy [Gm]
\n[Eb] For the life of a [Dm] deputy But I [Gm] say! (RIFF 1)<\/p>\n

CHORUS:
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I swear it was in [Gm] self-defense
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] and they say it is a [Gm] capital offense<\/p>\n

VERSE 2:
\n(bass A when Dm plays)
\n[Eb] Sheriff John Brown[Dm] always [Gm] hated me
\n[Eb] For what [Dm] I don’t know
\n[Eb] Every time that I [Dm] plant a seed
\n[Eb] He said [Dm] “Kill it before it grows”
\n[Eb] He said [Dm] “Kill it before it grows” I say! (RIFF 1)<\/p>\n

CHORUS:
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I swear it was in [Gm] self-defense
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I swear it was in [Gm] self-defense<\/p>\n

VERSE 3:
\n[Eb] Freedom came my[Dm] way one day [Gm]
\n[Eb] And I [Dm] started out of town, yeah
\n[Eb] All of a sudden [Dm] I see sheriff John Brown
\n[Eb] Aiming to shoot me down
\n[Eb] So I shot, I shot him down I say! (RIFF 1)<\/p>\n

[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I did not shoot the [Gm] deputy
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I didn’t shoot the [Gm] deputy<\/p>\n

VERSE 4:
\n[Eb] Reflexes got the [Dm] better of [Gm] me
\n[Eb] And what is to be must be
\n[Eb] Every day the bucket falls to the well
\n[Eb] But one day the bottom will drop out
\n[Eb] Yes, one day the bottom will drop out But I say! (RIFF 1)<\/p>\n

( chorus continues next page )
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I did not shoot the [Gm] deputy, oh no
\n[Gm] I shot the sheriff, [Cm] but I did not shoot no [Gm] eputy, oh no<\/p>\n

ENDING: Eb Dm Gm
\n Eb Dm Gm (end on the G)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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