Lyrics - I Shot The Sheriff by Bob Marley

(
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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