(I shot the sheriff,
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But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
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I shot the sheriff
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But I didn't shoot no deputy. Ooh, oo-ooh.)
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All around in my home town,
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They tryin' to track me down;
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They say they want to bring me in guilty
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For the life of a deputy,
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For the life of a deputy.
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But I say, yeah:
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(I shot the sheriff,
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But I swear it was in selfdefence.)
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I swear it was in selfdefence, yea-ea-eah!
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It was I who shot the sheriff,
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(And they say it is a) capital offence. (Oo-ooh)
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Sheriff John Brown always hates me,
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For what, I don't know:
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Every time I plant a seed,
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He say, "Kill them before they grow" -
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He say, "Kill them before they grow", now.
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And so, yeah - and so:
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I shot the sheriff.
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But I didn't shoot no deputy. (Oh no! Oh!)
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It was I shot the sheriff,
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But I (didn't shoot no deputy) -
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I didn't shoot no deputy. (Oo-ooh)
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No-no-no-no-no!
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Freedom came my way one day
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And I started out of town, yeah!
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Then all of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown,
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He was aiming to shoot I down;
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So I shot, yes, I shot - shot him down and I say, yeah:
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By-by-by - I shot the sheriff,
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Love, I didn't shoot no deputy. (oh, no! Oh!)
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It was I shot the sheriff,
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But I didn't shoot no deputy. (Oo-ooh)
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Reflexes had the better of me
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And what is to be must be:
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Every day the bucket goes to the well,
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I say, one day the bottom a-go drop out,
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One day the bottom will drop out.
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And so - and so, read it!
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(I shot the sheriff,
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But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh no, oh!
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I shot the sheriff,
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But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oo-ooh.)
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I Shot The Sheriff
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| Bob Marley & The Wailers |
