{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":213453,"song":"I Shot The Sheriff","artist":"Bob Marley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11219846-i-shot-the-sheriff-chords-by-bob-marley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/213453?type=chord","rating":4.8633,"votes":893,"content":"...I SHOT THE SHERIFF... by Bob Marley\r\n------------------------..............\r\n\r\n*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n I shot the sheriff,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n I shot the sheriff,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n All a-round in my home town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThey're tryin' to track me down;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n They say they want to bring me in guilty,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFor the killing of a depu-ty,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFor the life of a dep-uty. But I say...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*(Riff):\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------------|\r\nG|-------------------------|\r\nD|--5-3--------------------|\r\nA|-------5-3-----5-3-------|\r\nE|------------6-------6-3--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n I shot the sheriff,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord![/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd they say it is a capital offence. Yeah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n Sheriff John Brown always hated me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nFor what... I don't know.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nEvery time I plant a seed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHe said kill it be-fore it grow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHe said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...[/tab]\r\n\r\n*(Riff):\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------------|\r\nG|-------------------------|\r\nD|--5-3--------------------|\r\nA|-------5-3-----5-3-------|\r\nE|------------6-------6-3--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Read it in the news!)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n I shot the sheriff,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n But I swear it was in self-defence. I say;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n I shot the sheriff,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n Freedom came my way one day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd I started, out of town, yeah![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n Aiming to shoot me down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSo I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say...[/tab]\r\n\r\n*(Riff):\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------------|\r\nG|-------------------------|\r\nD|--5-3--------------------|\r\nA|-------5-3-----5-3-------|\r\nE|------------6-------6-3--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(If I am guilty, I will pay)...\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n I shot the sheriff,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n I shot the sheriff,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nRe-flexes had the better of me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd what is to be must be.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nEvery day, the bucket a-go a-well,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n One day the bottom a-go drop out,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n One day the bottom a-go drop out.[/tab]\r\n\r\n*(Riff):\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------------|\r\nG|-------------------------|\r\nD|--5-3--------------------|\r\nA|-------5-3-----5-3-------|\r\nE|------------6-------6-3--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(I say)...\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI-I-I, I shot the sheriff,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI-I...(shot the sheriff),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n(Repeat to Fade)\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]Cm[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE[/tab]\r\n 355333  x35543  x68886  x57565\r\n\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"...I SHOT THE SHERIFF... by Bob Marley\n------------------------..............\n\n*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*(Riff):\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*(Riff):\n\n\n\n(Read it in the news!)\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*(Riff):\n\n\n\n(If I am guilty, I will pay)...\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*(Riff):\n\n\n\n(I say)...\n\n\n[Chorus 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]\n\nGm  Cm\nGm\n\n(Repeat to Fade)\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n\n 355333  x35543  x68886  x57565\n\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["Gm","Cm","Eb","Dm7","B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}