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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
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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
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But I say, oh, now, now...
Oh, I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense
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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
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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
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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
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Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
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All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
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Aiming to shoot me down
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down
And I say, if I am guilty I will pay
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I shot the sheriff, but I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy
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Ooh, no, oh
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy
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Ooo, ooo, ooh
Reflexes had the better of me
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And what is to be must be
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Ev'ry day the bucket a-go-a well
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One day the bottom a-go drop out
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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
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