I Shot The Sheriff
Key: AEnglish
Chorus
AmI shot the sheriff
DmBut I didn't shoot the Amdeputy Oh No No
AmI shot the sheriff
DmBut I didn't shoot the Amdeputy Oh No No
Verse
FAll Emaround in my Amhometown
They Ftrying to Emtrack me Amdown
They Fsay they Emwanna Ambring me in guilty
For Fthe killing of a Emdeputy Am
For Fthe life of a Emdeputy, Am but I say
À l'unisson
A G E D C E D C A
Chorus
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
Verse
Sheriff John Brown always hated me, for what, I don't know
Every time I plant a seed, he say kill it before it grow
He say kill them before they grow and so...
Chorus
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
Verse
Freedom came my way one day, and I started out of town, yeah
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown, aiming to shoot me down
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down and I say
(If I am guilty I will pay)
Chorus
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh No No
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh No No
Verse
Reflexes had the better of me, but what is to be must be
Every day the bucket a-go-a-well, one day the bottom have a dropout
One day the bottom have a dropout, so I say...
Chorus
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh No No
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh No No