I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy

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-defence
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offence

Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what, I don't know
Everytime I plant a seed
He say, kill it before it grow
He say, kill them before they grow
And so, and so....read it in the news

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defence (where was the deputy?)
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defence

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 didn't shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy

Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be
Everyday 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, no
I, I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy

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it is bob marley`s song but it` says the same screeming here

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