Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff

Esta canción cuenta la historia de un hombre que dispara a un sheriff que lo está acosando, pero es acusado injustamente de matarlo. Marley dijo que parte de la canción es cierta, pero no quiso decir qué partes.
Años más tarde en el documental de 2001, quien era su novia, dijo que ella lo ayudó a escribir y que se trata sobre el control de la natalidad.

UKE VERSION

Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff

Gm: 0231
Cm: 0333
Eb: 3331
Dm7:2213 

coro 1:

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.



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


Riff:

a|-10-8----------------------|
e|------10-8-6-8-8/10-8-6----|
c|------------------------7--|
Chorus 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!



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:

a|-10-8----------------------|
e|------10-8-6-8-8/10-8-6----|
c|------------------------7--|
(Read it in the news!)

Coro 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!)



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:

a|-10-8----------------------|
e|------10-8-6-8-8/10-8-6----|
c|------------------------7--|
(If I am guilty, I will pay)...

Coro 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.



   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:

a|-10-8----------------------|
e|------10-8-6-8-8/10-8-6----|
c|------------------------7--|


(I say)...

Coro 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!



Gm  Cm, Gm

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