(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!
- the sheriff. oh
no! yeah!
i say: i shot the sheriff - oh
lord! -
yeah! 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: oh
lord!
where was the deputy?
i say: i shot the sheriff
but i swear it was in selfdefence. 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. but i say
i didn't shoot no deputy
oh no!
i did!
but i didn't shoot no deputy. oh!
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 -
but i didn't shoot no deputy
yeah! no
yeah!