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Tom: Em

             Em                Am                           Em
REF. 1:    I shot the sheriff,     but I did not shoot the deputy. Oh no!
                             Am                           Em
REF. 1:  I shot the sheriff,    but I did not shoot the deputy. Oh no!
      C     D          Em                  C         D       Em
1.   All around in my home town they're trying to track me down.
          C                 D           Em               C            D  Em
    They say they want to bring me in guilty,  for the killing of a deputy,
              C           D  Em
    for the killing of a deputy. But I say:
        Em                    Am                         Em
REF. 2: I shot the sheriff,    but I swear it was in self-defence.
        Em                    Am                        Em
REF. 2: I shot the sheriff,    but I swear it was in self-defence.
 C                D           Em        C       D           Em
2. Sheriff John Brown always hated me   for what I don't know.
           C            D       Em              C         D       Em
    Every time that I plant a seed he said,  "Kill it before it grow,"
               C        D        Em
    he said "Kill it before it grow." But I say:
   Em                   Am                           Em
3. I shot the sheriff,    but I swear it was in self-defence, oh yeah!
                         Am                       Em
    I shot the sheriff,    but I swear it was in self-defence, oh yeah!
 C            D      Em                     C      D       Em
    Freedom came my way one day,        and I started out of town.
 C             D            Em                  C          D       Em
    All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown, aiming to shoot me down.
           C      D        Em
    So I shot, I shot him down. But I say:  + REFRAIN 2
        C     D        Em                C         D       Em
4.  Reflexes got the better of me, and what is to be must be.
        C       D       Em                       C       D               Em
 Ev'ry day the bucket goes to the well,but one day the bottom will drop out,
             C       D                Em
    yes one day the bottom will drop out. But I say:  + REFRAIN