I shot the sheriff

I shot the sheriff

Bob Marley

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                      I shot the sheriff

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      But I did not shoot the deputy

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     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

                I shot the sheriff

But I swear it was in self defense

I shot the sheriff

And they say it is a capitol offense

Sheriff John Brown always hated me

For what I don't know

Ev'ry time that I plant a seed

He said "Kill it before it grows", He said "Kill it before it grows" - But I say

                I shot the sheriff

But I swear it was in self defense

I shot the sheriff

And they say it is a capitol offense

Freedom came my way one day

And I started out of town

All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown

Aiming to shoot me down, so I shot, I shot him down - But I say

                I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

Reflexes got the better of me

And what is to be must be

Ev'ry day the bucket goes to the well

But one day the bottom will drop out,

Yes one day the bottom will drop out - But I say

                I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

I shot the sheriff

But I did not shoot the deputy

              © 1975 Columbia Records