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Cm but I Cm did not shoot the Gm deputy. Gm === Gm === Gm
Eb All a Dm round in my Gm home town Gm
they're Eb trying to Dm track me Gm down. Gm
They Eb say they want to Dm bring me in Gm guilty Gm
for the Eb killing of a Dm deputy, Gm === Gm
for the Eb killing of a Dm7 deputy, Gm === Gm
But I say: Gm === Gm === Gm === Gm
I shot the sheriff,
but I swear it was in selfdefence.
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,"
But I say:
CH.
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.
But I say:
CH.
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.
But I say:
Bob Marley
