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I Shot The Sheriff
Bob Marley & The Wailers
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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
You see
All around in my hometown
They are trying to track me down
They say they want to bring i in guilty
For the life of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
But I say
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(It was I who shot) I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self defense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
(Oh huh oh) I shot the sheriff
And they say it is a capital offense
Ooh, ooh
You see
Sheriff John Brown always hate me
For what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He'll say, "kill them before they grow
He'll say, "kill them before they grow now
And so eh, and so
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
I didn't shot no deputy (no, no, no, no) Ooh, ooh, ooh
(It was I who shot) I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy (I didn't shoot no deputy now) ooh, ooh
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
And all of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
He was aiming to shoot i down
So I shot, yes I shot, shot him down
And I say
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I by, by, by
I shot the sheriff
Lord I didn't shoot no deputy
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(It was I who) I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, ooh
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Reflexes had the better of me
And what is to be must be
Every day the bucket goes to the well
One day the bottom a-go drop out
One day the bottom a-go drop out
And so
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I ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba
I shot the sheriff
Lord I didn't shot no deputy
(It was I who shot the) I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, ooh
I say
Sheriff John Brown didn't like me
Huh, for what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said, "kill them before they grow
Stop them before they grow
And so
I could not stand it anymore
I read it in the news
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(A trench town experience)
(A trench town experience)
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If I am guilty I'll pay
(Eh, God bless you all)
(Till we see again)
(A trench town experience)
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