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 ......
