I Shot The Sheriff Uke tab by Bob Marley

4 Chords used in the song: Gm, Cm, Eb, Dm7

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Key: Bb, GmChords and Tablature
[Chorus 1]

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


[Verse 1]

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


*(Riff):

A|-10-8--5-------5---------|
E|---------8--6----8--6-3--|
C|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|



[Chorus 2]

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


[Verse 2]

Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
For what... I don't know.
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
Every time I plant a seed,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
He said kill it be-fore it grow,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
He said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...

*(Riff):
A|-10-8--5-------5---------|
E|---------8--6----8--6-3--|
C|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|


(Read it in the news!)


[Chorus 3]

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


[Verse 3]

Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
Freedom came my way one day,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
And I started, out of town, yeah!
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
Aiming to shoot me down,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say...

*(Riff):

A|-10-8--5-------5---------|
E|---------8--6----8--6-3--|
C|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|


(If I am guilty, I will pay)...


[Chorus 4]

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


[Verse 4]

Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
Re-flexes had the better of me,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
And what is to be must be.
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
Every day, the bucket a-go a-well,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
Eb Eb Dm7 Dm7 Gm Gm
One day the bottom a-go drop out.

*(Riff):

A|-10-8--5-------5---------|
E|---------8--6----8--6-3--|
C|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|

(I say)...


[Chorus 5]

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


[Coda]

Gm Gm Cm Cm
Gm Gm

(Repeat to Fade)

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