Bob Marley – I Shot the Sheriff (ITA)
Accordi chitarra e testo di I Shot the Sheriff di Bob Marley
Pubblicato 1973
Tonalità originale Gm
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Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I didn’t shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.
C Bm7 Em
All around in my home town,
. C Bm7 Em
They’re tryin’ to track me down;
C Bm7 Em
They say they want to bring me in guilty,
. C Bm7 Em
For the killing of a deputy,
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For the life of a deputy. But I say…
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I swear it was in self-defence. (Oh, no! Yeah!)
. Am
I say; I shot the sheriff, oh Lord!
. Em
And they say it is a capital offence. Yeah!
C Bm7 Em
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
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For what… I don’t know.
. C Bm7 Em
Every time I plant a seed,
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He said kill it before it grow,
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He said kill them before they grow. And so, and so…
(Read it in the news!)
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I swear it was in self-defence. I say;
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I swear it was in self-defence. (Yeah!)
C Bm7 Em
Freedom came my way one day,
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And I started, out of town, yeah!
C Bm7 Em
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown,
C Bm7 Em
Aiming to shoot me down,
. C Bm7 Em
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down. And I say…
(If I am guilty, I will pay)…
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
Em
I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
But I didn’t shoot no deputy. Ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.
. C Bm7 Em
Reflexes had the better of me,
. C Bm7 Em
And what is to be must be.
. C Bm7 Em
Every day, the bucket a-go a-well,
C Bm7 Em
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
C Bm7 Em
One day the bottom a-go drop out.
(I say)…
Em
I-I-I, I shot the sheriff,
Am Em
Lord, I didn’t shot the deputy. No!
Em
I-I…(shot the sheriff),
Am Em
But I didn’t shoot no deputy. Yeah! So, yeah!