I Shot the Sheriff Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]--Ch[Bm]orus-[G]-[Am]
[Em]I sh[Bm]ot[Am]
[Em]the sheriff
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[Em]--Chorus--
[G]Verse

[Verse 2]
[Em]One:

[Verse 3]
[Em]I[G][Am][C][Em]
[Am]had [Em]to[Am]
[Bm]shoot the [C]sheriff it was justi[Bm]fiable
he [Em]mistaked me for
somebody who was liable
[G]for all[Am] tha many[Bm] mur[C]ders
l.a and [Bm]war fields
we keep makin war [Em]shields
streets keep souls
young [Am]brothers [Bm]loose [C]control
I seem to main[Bm]tain through this
[Em]watch where ya kick it they'll
put you in a twist
[Bm]and it a[C]in't nobody [Bm]like my
down ass hommie
and tha po[Em]lice always tryin
to pin some bullshit [Bm]on me
[C]I keep away from fools
they do [Bm]crime and it attracts cops
[Em]cops got guns and cuffs

[Interlude 1]
and cells to stuff you in
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[Verse 4]
[Em]--Chorus--
[Am]Verse Two:
They tryin' to [C]stick with
some bullshit that [Bm]I did not do
you [Em]know who
the boys in blue
[G]there they [Em]go with t[Bm]hey[C]
assumpiton[Bm]s
slaverys over let us have somethin'
[Em]why you want to pull me over?
[Bm]'cause I'm [Em]bumpi[Bm]n?
I [C]just made a new song
[Bm]my profession is music
[Em]your profession is protection with gats

[Verse 5]
[Bm]then [C]use it on him when he's
[Bm]tryin' to take my life away
[Em]I'm just tryin' to live my life today
so I [C]keep away from fools they
do [Bm]crime it attract cops
[Em]cops got guns and cuffs
and [G]cells [Em]to stuff you [Bm]in
[G][Am][Em]

[Verse 6]
--Chorus--
[Bm]Verse [G]Thr[Am]ee:[C][Em]
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[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 7]
I [Em]shot the [C]sheriff
I didn't [Bm]shoot the deputiy I
didn't have [Em]to
'cause in this game they
always [Am]tryin' to blast [C]you
and leave it to tha cops to [Bm]find
out who did the murder
[Em]they harrase tha wrong clan
and ar[C]rest tha wrong [Em]man
[C]the hommie day-dog got strapped
but [Bm]that's okay
'cause I'm gonna [Em]work for life
so he can see an[G]other day
[C]a hommies a hommie
[Bm]a fake is a snake
straight [Em]game from tha pen
from tha [G]hommie jake
[Em]so I k[C]eep away from fools they
do [Bm]crime it attract cops
[Em]cops got guns and cuffs
and [C]cells [Em]to stuff you in

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