Refrain) 

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, oh no oh oh 

Strophe) 

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 

Refrain) 

I shot the sheriff 

But I swear it was in self defense, oh no jeah 

I say I shot the sheriff, oh Lord 

And they say it is a capital offende, jeah 

Strophe) 

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, and so...

Refrain) 

I shot the sheriff 

But I swear it was in self defense, I say 

I shot the sheriff 

But I swear it was in self defence, jeah 

Strophe) 

Freedom came my way one day 

And I Started out of wotn, jeah 

All of a sudden I sah Sheriff John Brown 

Aiming to shoot me down 

So I shot, I shot, I shot him down, and I say 

Refrain) 

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, oh oh ohhhh 

Strophe) 

Reflexes had the better of me 

And what is to be must be 

Every day, the bucket ago a well 

One day the bottom ago drop out 

One day the bottom ago drop out 

Refrain) 

I I I I shot the sheriff 

Lord, I didn´t shot the deputy, no 

I I (shot the sheriff) 

But I didn´t shoot no deputy, jeah, so jeah ......