[Intro] Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
[Verse 1] Eb Dm Gm All around in my home town Eb Dm Gm They're trying to track me down Eb Dm Gm They say they want to bring me in guilty Eb Dm Gm For the killing of a depu ty Eb Dm Gm For the life of a depu ty But I say?
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[Chorus] Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
[Verse 2] Eb Dm Gm Sheriff John Brown always hated me Eb Dm Gm For what I don't know Eb Dm Gm Every time that I plant a seed Eb Dm Gm He said "Kill it before it grows" Eb Dm Gm He said "Kill it before it grows" I say!
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[Chorus] Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
[Verse 3] Eb Dm Gm Freedom came my way one day Eb Dm Gm And I started out of town yeah Eb Dm Gm All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown Eb Dm Gm Aiming to shoot me down Eb Dm Gm So I shot, I shot him down I say!
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[Chorus] Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy
[Verse 4] Eb Dm Gm Reflexes got the better of me Eb Dm Gm And what is to be must be Eb Dm Gm Every day the bucket falls to the well Eb Dm Gm But one day the bottom will drop out Eb Dm Gm Yes, one day the bottom will drop out But I say
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[Chorus] Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no Gm Cm Gm I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot no deputy, oh no
[Intro - Just bass drum] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] Have you heard a- [D] bout the new dance [C] craze? [Am7] Listen to us, I'm [D] sure you'll be a- [C] mazed [Am7] Big fun to be [D] had by every- [C] one [Am7] It's up to you, it [D] surely can be [C] done [Am7] Young and old are [D] doing it, I'm [C] told [Am7] Just one try, and [D] you too will be [C] sold [Am7] It's called Le Freak! They're [D] doing it night and [C] day [Am7] Allow us, we'll [D] show you the way
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we're free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Solo - Full drums] [Am7] Now freak! -- [D] ------ [Am7] -------- [D] ------- [Am7] ---------- [D] ------- [Am7] ----------------- [D] ----- I said [Am7] freak!---- [D] -------- [Am7] -------- [D] ------------------------------------------ [Am7] Now freak!----- [D] ---------- [Am7] ------------ [D] -----------------------------------
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums?] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Outro] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
