I Shot The Sheriff

Chorus
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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, ooh
Verse 1
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All around in my hometown
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They're tryin' to track me down, yeah
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They say they want to bring me in guilty
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For the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy. But I say

Chorus 2
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defence
I said, I shot the sheriff, And they say it is a capital offence
Verse 2
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
He said, "Kill them before they grow." And so…
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Verse 3
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
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Verse 4
Reflexes had the better of me
And what is to be must be
Ev'ry 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, ...
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