[Riff]

E|-3-------------------------------------|
B|---6-3-----3---------------------------|
G|-------5-3---5-3-----------------------|
D|-----------------5---------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Gm              Cm
I shot the sheriff
Cm              Gm     Gm Gm Gm
But I did not shoot the deputy
Gm              Cm
I shot the sheriff
Cm              Gm     Gm Gm Gm
But I did not shoot the deputy

Eb7+    Dm7     Gm       Gm
All around in my old town
Eb7+      Dm7       Gm   Gm
They're trying to track me down
Eb7+           Dm7    Gm     Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty
Eb7+          Dm7     Gm  Gm
For the killing of a deputy
Eb7+         Dm7     Gm  Gm
For the life of a deputy

But I say: RIFF

[Estribillo]

Gm               Cm7                Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm               Cm7                Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy

But I say: RIFF


Eb7+     Dm7      Gm
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
Eb7+  Dm7        Gm
For what I don't know
Eb7+  Dm7        Gm
Every time that I plant a seed
Eb7+           Dm7        Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows"
Eb7+           Dm7        Gm
He said "Kill it before it grows"

But I say: RIFF

Gm               Cm7                 Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
Gm               Cm7                  Gm
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense


Eb7+  Dm7      Gm
Freedom came my way one day
Eb7+   Dm7     Gm
And I started out of town
Eb7+      Dm7        Gm
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Eb7+   Dm7     Gm
Aiming to shoot me down
Eb7+    Dm7          Gm
So I shot, I shot him down

But I say: RIFF

Gm               Cm7                Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm               Cm7                Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy

Eb7+    Dm7        Gm
Reflexes got the better of me
Eb7+   Dm7        Gm
And what is to be must be
Eb7+    Dm7          Gm
Every day the bucket falls to the well
Eb7+        Dm7        Gm
But one day the bottom will drop out
Eb7+       Dm7           Gm
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out

But I say: RIFF

Gm               Cm7                Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
Gm               Cm7                Gm
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy