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I Shot the Sherrif
by Bob Marley

Chorus:
Gm I shot the sheriff,
Cm but I did not shoot the Gm deputy.
I shot the sheriff,
Cm but I did not shoot the Gm deputy.

Cm7 All aDmround in my home Gm town
they're Cm7 trying to Dm track me Gm down.
They Cm7 say they want to Dm bring me in Gm guilty
for the Cm7 killing of a Dm depuGmty,
for the Cm7 killing of Dm7 a depuGmty.

But I say:
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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."

--Chorus

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.

--Chorus

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.