I Shot The Sheriff Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Beauti[Em]ful[Bm][Em][Am]
[Em]South, The
Choke
I Think The Answer's Yes
[Am]
(Heaton rotheray)
I'm [Em]walking through these pastures
[Am]I'm [Em]picking up sw[C]eet fruit[Bm]
I'm [Em]shaking [C]han[Bm]ds with people
That previ[Em]ously [C]i'd [Bm]shoot
But nothing [Em]will [C]dissuade me
Noth[Bm]ing will [Em]dilute
[C]I w[Bm]ant to e[Em]xecut[Bm]e[Am][Em]
[Am]I want to ex[Em]ecute

[Verse 2]
[Em]And [Am]you tend to meet a[Em]
[C]lot [Bm]of scum en route
[Em]It doesn't m[C]ean yo[Bm]u've
joined the other [Em]side[C]
And because [Bm]i still wear shorts
and [Em]my smile i[C]s oh so cute
It [Bm]doesn't mean i'll run away and [C#m]hide

[Verse 3]
To [Em]a world [C]where the lead
[Bm]ers finally confess
[Em](I think the answer's yes,
[Bm]i th[Am]ink t[Bm]he an[Em]swer's yes)
To the burning [Am]of the stock exchange
and bombing [Em]of the press
(I think the answer's yes,
i [Am]think the answer's yes)

[Verse 4]
I think [Am]the answer's yes, yes, yes,
[Em]i th[C]ink the an[Bm]swer's yes

[Verse 5]
[Em]I'm [C]walking thro[Bm]ugh these
corridors
Where [Em]crime[C]
meets pantomime
[Bm]They're laughing and they're drinking
On the [Em]swill of [C]overtime
And no- one seems [Bm]to know about
The [Em]death- wish that they've signed
Ah, [C]life's unkind
Ah, [Bm]life's unkind

[Verse 6]
[Em]And they see me as a potential
[Bm]new [Am]recru[Bm]it[Em]
They rub [Bm]their [Am]hands[Asus4],[Am][Em]
slap their backs and smile
[Am]But i still wear suspend[Em]ers
underneath my business [Am]suit
So needn't worry about [Em]me for a while

[Verse 7]
So to a world without hunger, [Em]where
[C]royalty fac[Bm]e death
(I think the answer's yes,
i [Em]think [C]the answer's yes[Bm])
To the breaking down [Em]of ba[C]rriers o[Bm]f north,
south,
[Em]East and [C]west
(I think the answer's yes,
i [Bm]think the answer's yes)

[Verse 8]
I think the answer's [Em]yes, yes, yes,
[C]i think the[Bm] answ[Em]er's yes
I [Bm]think [Am]the [Bm]answe[Em]r's yes,
[Am]yes, yes, i think the answer's yes

[Verse 9]
And no- one seems [Am]to know
[Em]about
The death- wish [Am]that
they've signed
Ah, life's un[Em]kind
Ah, life's unkind
Life's unkind, life's unkind
From poor old u2 [Am]to
poor old simple minds
No [Em]am nesty fo[Bm]r mu[Am]rderers
of poor old working class
Rope [Em]or gas, rope or gas,
rope or gas
No amnesty [Am]for murderers
of poor old working class
[Em]Rope or gas, rope or gas