I Shot The Sheriff

(i shot the sheriff

But i didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! oh!

I shot the sheriff

But i didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)

Yeah! all around in my home town,

They're tryin' to track me down;

They say they want to bring me in guilty

For the killing of a deputy,

For the life of a deputy.

But i say:



Oh, now, now. oh!

(i shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.

(but i swear it was in selfdefence.)

Oh, no! (ooh, ooh, oo-oh) yeah!

I say: i shot the sheriff - oh, lord! -

(and they say it is a capital offence.)

Yeah! (ooh, ooh, oo-oh) yeah!



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:



Read it in the news:

(i shot the sheriff.) oh, lord!

(but i swear it was in self-defence.)

Where was the deputy? (oo-oo-oh)

I say: i shot the sheriff,

But i swear it was in selfdefence. (oo-oh) yeah!



Freedom came my way one day

And i started out of town, yeah!

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 guilty i will pay.



(i shot the sheriff,)

But i say (but i didn't shoot no deputy),

I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!

(i shot the sheriff.) i did!

But i didn't shoot no deputy. oh! (oo-oo-ooh)



Reflexes had got the better of me

And what is to be must be:

Every day the bucket a-go a well,

One day the bottom a-go drop out,

One day the bottom a-go drop out.

I say:



I - i - i - i shot the sheriff.

Lord, i didn't shot the deputy. yeah!

I - i (shot the sheriff) -

But i didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! no, yeah!




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