I shot the sheriff - Bob MarleyRythmique 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:
----------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:
----------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:
----------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:
----------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:
----------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:
----------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:
----------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:
---------- 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:
---------- 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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