tonalidad: Gm (forma de los acordes en la tonalidad de Em )
Afinación:
E A D G B E
Capo en 3ª traste
[Refrão 1]
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I didn't shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I didn't shoot the deputy
[Primeira Parte]
C Bm Em
All around in my old town
C Bm Em
They're trying to track me down
C Bm Em
They say they want to bring me in guilty
C Bm Em
For the killing of a deputy
C Bm Em
For the life of a deputy
But I say
[Refrão 2]
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I swear it was in selfdefence
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
And they say it is a capital offence
[Segunda Parte]
C Bm Em
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
C Bm Em
For what I don't know
C Bm Em
Every time I plant a seed
C Bm Em
He said "Kill it before it grow"
C Bm Em
He said "Kill them before they grow"
And so , and so
Beat in the news
[Refrão 3]
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I swear it was in selfdefence
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I swear it was in selfdefence
[Terceira Parte]
C Bm Em
Freedom came my way one day
C Bm Em
And I started out of town
C Bm Em
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
C Bm Em
Aiming to shoot me down
C Bm Em
So I shot, I shot , I shot him down
And I say
If I am guilty I will pay
[Refrão 1]
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I didn't shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I didn't shoot the deputy
[Quarta Parte]
C Bm Em
Reflexes got the better of me
C Bm Em
And what is to be must be
C Bm Em
Every day the bucket I go I well
C Bm Em
One day the bottom will drop out
C Bm Em
One day the bottom will drop out
I say
[Refrão 1]
Em
I shot the sheriff
Am Em
But I didn't shoot the deputy
Am
I, i shot the sheriff
Em
But I didn't shoot the deputy