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 self defence)
Oh, no, (oooh, 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 self defence, (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, no
I, I (shot the sheriff)
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, so, yeah
