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, oo-ooh.)

Yeah! 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.

Oh, now, now. oh!

(I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.

(But I swear it was in selfdefence.)

Oh, no! (ooh, ooh, oo-oh) yeah!

I say I shot the sheriff - oh, lord!

(And they say it is a capital offence.)

Yeah! (ooh, ooh, oo-oh) yeah!

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.

Read it in the news

(I shot the sheriff.) oh, lord!

(But I swear it was in self-defence.)

Where was the deputy? (oo-oo-oh)

I say I shot the sheriff,

But I swear it was in selfdefence. (oo-oh) yeah!

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 say (but I didn't shoot no deputy),

I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!

(I shot the sheriff.) I did!

But I didn't shoot no deputy. oh! (oo-oo-ooh)

Reflexes had got the better of me

And what is to be must be

Every day 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. yeah!

I - I (shot the sheriff)

But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! no, yeah!