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----------------------------------- | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| "I Shot The Sheriff" |
| By: Garland Cross |
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| This tab may be used by anyone as |
| long as the header remains. |
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This is an improvement on my odd tab its alot better
I got this straight from the written music so it should be correct. this version is as
heard on Legend.
You can listen were all the rests are I only wrote it in big gaps
I.1st,3rd and 4th Choruses(0:01,1:43,2:38)
I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy Oh no oh
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defense Ooh ooh ooh
Four beats per Measure
Fig 1. rest rest
|--------------3-5|-5----------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|--0--3-5-----5---|------------------|-----3---3-5-------|-3-3---3----5--------|
|-1---------------|------------------|---5---5---------5-|----------5----------|
|---------3-------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------6-|
rest rest end Fig 1
|------------------3-5-|-5----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----3--5---------5----|------------------|----3--3-5-------|--3-3---3----5--|
|--5-------------------|------------------|--5---5----------|-----------5----|
|---------3------------|------------------|---------------5-|----------------|
II.1st,3rd,and 4th Verses (0:21,2:03,2:58)
All around in my 'ometown they
Freedom came my way one day and I
flexes had the better of me and
Fig 2. rest rest
|--8-----------------------7--------------------|-----------------------------7------|
|------8----------------------7-----------------|-5----------------------------------|
|---------6----(6)---------------5----(5)--5--8-|------5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
tryin to track me down yeah They
started out of town yeah
what is to be must be Every
rest
|--8------------------7------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----8------------------7----------------------|-5-------------------5---------------|
|-------6------(6)--------5-------(5)----5---8-|----5--5--5--5--5--5----5------------|
|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
say they want to bring me in guilty for the
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown aimin'
day the bucket a-go a well
rest
|--8-------------------7------------------------|-------------------------7----------|
|----8---------------------7--------------------|-5----------------------------------|
|-------6-----(6)-------------5-----(5)--5----8-|----5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
killing of a deputy For the life of a deputy
to shoot me down So I shot I shot I shot him
One day the bottom a-go drop out One day the bottom a-go
* end Fig. 2
|--8------------7-------------------|---------------------------5--7-|-8----(8)--8--7--|
|----8------------7-----------------|-5------------------(5)---------|---------8-------|
|-------6------------5---(5)--5---8-|---5--5--5--5--5--5------5------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
2nd time skip to V. 3rd time skip to VI. *omit on 1st Verse
but I say Oh now now Oh
down and I say If I am
drop out I say I I
substitute Bass Fill 1 on 3rd and 4th verses ( see Below )
rest
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--5-------------------5------------|-5--3-(3)-----------------|-------------------|
|-----5--5--5--5--5--5--------------|----------5--(5)-3--1--5--|-3---1--(1)--------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------3--3--|
III.2nd Chorus(0:52)
I shot the shriff but I swear it was in self defense(Oh no) Oooh ooh(Yeah I said)
play Fig 1. twice
I shot the shriff I and they say it is a capital offense Ooh ooh ooh
(Oh Lord oh now) (Yeah Yeah Hear this)
IV. 2nd Verse (1:12)
Sheriff John Brown always 'ated me For what I don't Know Every
time I plant a seed he said kill it before it grows He said
play Fig 2.
kill them before they grow And so and so Read it in the news
bass fill 1-------------------|
|---8---(8)-8-7--|-------------------|----------------------|----------------|
|----------8-----|-5-5-----5------5--|-5--3-(3)-------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------5------5----|----------5-(5)3-1-5--|-3--1-(1)-------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------3-(3)--|
V.(2:33)go back to Fig 1 VI. Outro Chorus (3:29)play Fig 1 until fade
guity I will pay I shot the sheriff Lord I didn't shot the deputy no Yeah
I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy Yeah So yeah
Thats it. Now that wasn't to hard
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