(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 trying 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)
But I swear it was in self defence
Oh, no, yeah
(I shot the sheriff)
And they say it is a capital offence

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)
But I swear it was in self defence
Where was the deputy?
(I shot the sheriff)
But I swear it was in self defence

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 didn't shoot no deputy
I didn't shoot no deputy
(I shot the sheriff)
I did!
But I didn't shoot no deputy

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 shoot the deputy
Yeah
(I
I shot the sheriff) -
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Yeah
Oh, yeah

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