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Gm
I shot the sheriff,
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but I did not shoot the deputy.
Gm
I shot the sheriff,
Cm                      Gm
but I did not shoot the deputy.
Eb    Dm          Gm
All a round in my home town
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they´re trying to track me down.
     Eb               Dm          Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty
        Eb           Dm     Gm
for the killing of a deputy,
        Eb           Dm7     Gm
for the killing of a deputy. 
           Gm
But I say:


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:

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:

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:420