I shot the sheriff

I shot the sheriff - Bob Marley

Rythmique du morceau :
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C'est une rythmique reggae, on joue
sur les temps 2 et 4 ;)

Les coups entre () sont étouffés

(B) BH(B) B

ou alors :

(B) B (B) B 

Accords :
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  Gm      Cm      Eb      Dm7

EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
355333  x35543  x68886  x57565


Riff de basse sur le 1er Gm du refrain

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|-----5--------------|
E|-3-6---3------------|

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Refrain 1:
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Gm(2)
 I shot the sheriff,
Cm(2)                  Gm(4)
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Gm(2)
 I shot the sheriff,
Cm(2)                  Gm(4)
 But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

Couplet 1:
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Eb(1)   Dm7(1)   Gm(2)
 All a-round in my home town,
        Eb(1)     Dm7(1)   Gm(2)
They're tryin' to track me down;
Eb(1)          Dm7(1)              Gm(2)
 They say they want to bring me in guilty,
        Eb(1)        Dm7(1)  Gm(2)
For the killing of a depu-ty,
        Eb(1)     Dm7(1) Gm
For the life of a dep-uty. But I say...

*(Riff):

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|


Refrain 2:
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Gm
 I shot the sheriff,
Cm                     Gm
 But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)
       Gm                     Cm
I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord!
                     Gm
And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!

Couplet 2:
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Eb       Dm7               Gm
 Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
    Eb     Dm7      Gm
For what... I don't know.
      Eb     Dm7     Gm
Every time I plant a seed,
        Eb         Dm7     Gm
He said kill it be-fore it grow,
        Eb           Dm7       Gm
He said kill them be-fore they grow. And so, and so...

*(Riff):

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|

(Read it in the news!)

Refrain 3:
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Gm
 I shot the sheriff,
Cm                     Gm
 But I swear it was in self-defence. I say;
Gm
 I shot the sheriff,
Cm                     Gm
 But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)

Couplet 3:
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Eb               Dm7     Gm
 Freedom came my way one day,
      Eb      Dm7     Gm
And I started, out of town, yeah!
Eb        Dm7          Gm
 All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,
Eb         Dm7      Gm
 Aiming to shoot me down,
     Eb      Dm7              Gm
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say...

*(Riff):

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|

(If I am guilty, I will pay)...

Refrain 4:
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Gm
 I shot the sheriff,
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Gm
 I shot the sheriff,
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.

Couplet 4:
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   Eb             Dm7       Gm
Re-flexes had the better of me,
    Eb         Dm7     Gm
And what is to be must be.
      Eb       Dm7           Gm
Every day, the bucket a-go a-well,
Eb           Dm7         Gm
 One day the bottom a-go drop out,
Eb           Dm7         Gm
 One day the bottom a-go drop out.

*(Riff):

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--5-3--------------------|
A|-------5-3-----5-3-------|
E|------------6-------6-3--|

(I say)...

Refrain 5:
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    Gm
I-I-I, I shot the sheriff,
Cm                            Gm
 Lord, I didn't shot the depu-ty. No!
  Gm
I-I...(shot the sheriff),
Cm                     Gm
 But I didn't shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!

Coda:

Gm  Cm, Gm

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