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, ooh Yeah
All around in my hometown
They're tryin' to track me down, yeah
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 defense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord
And they say it is a capital offense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Hear this
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Ev'ry time I plant a seed
He said, Kill
it
before
it
grows.
He said, Kill
them
before
they
grow.
And so, oh, now, now,
Read it in the news
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Where was the deputy?
I said I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defense
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
Ooh, no, oh
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooo, ooo, ooh
Reflexes had the better of me
And what is to be must be
Ev'ry 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, but I didn't shoot the deputy, no
(Repeat)
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- This is an Adventure
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- Ziggy Marley In Jamaica
- The Never Ending Wailers
- Songs of Freedom
- Honorary Citizen
- The Fabulous Wailers at the Castle - (Remastered)
- Marley (The Original Soundtrack)
- Marley OST
- Majestic Warriors
- Café Mambo Ibiza 2007
- Sweet Harmony: 43 Classic Reggae Vocal Gems
- Best of the Wailers
- Catch a Fire
- The Complete Collection: The Island Years
- Countryman (Original Soundtrack) [Remastered]
- B Is For Bob
- Countryman (Remastered)
- Countryman (Original Soundtrack)
- The Wailing Wailers