Cifra : Rafael Feler Gm Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Cm Gm Gm Gm Gm but I did not shoot the deputy. Gm Gm I shot the sheriff, Cm Cm Gm Gm Gm Gm but I did not shoot the deputy. Eb Dm Gm Gm All around in my old town Eb Dm Gm Gm they're trying to track me down. Eb Dm Gm Gm They say they want to bring me in guilty Eb Dm Gm Gm for the killing of a deputy, Eb Dm7 Gm Gm for the life of a deputy. Gm Gm Gm Gm But I say: I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. Sheriff John Brown always hated me for what I don't know. Every time I plant a seed he said "Kill it before it grow," he said "Kill them before they grow." And so , and so , beat in the news: I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. Freedom came my way one day and I started out of town. All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown, aiming to shoot me down. So I shot, I shot , I shot him down. And I say: If I am gulty I will pay I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be must be. Every day the bucket I go I well, one day the bottom will drop out, one day the bottom will drop out. But I say: