I shot the sheriff, |
but I did not shoot the deputy. |
I shot the sheriff, |
but I did not shoot the deputy. |
All around in my home town |
they're trying to track me down. |
They say they want to bring me in guilty |
for the killing of a deputy, |
for the killing of a deputy. |
But I say: |
I shot the sheriff, |
but I swear it was in selfdefence. |
I shot the sheriff, |
but I swear it was in selfdefence. |
Sheriff John Brown always hated me |
for what I don't know. |
Ev'ry time that I plant a seed |
he said "Kill it before it grow," |
he said "Kill it before it grow." |
But I say: |
I shot the sheriff, |
but I swear it was in selfdefence. |
I shot the sheriff, |
but I swear it was in selfdefence. |
Freedom came my way one day |
and I started out of town. |
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown, |
aiming to shoot me down. |
So I shot, I shot him down. |
But I say: |
Bridge: |
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I shot the sheriff, |
but I did not shoot the deputy. |
I shot the sheriff, |
but I did not shoot the deputy. |
Reflexes got the better of me |
and what is to be must be. |
Ev'ry day the bucket goes to the well, |
but one day the bottom will drop out, |
yes one day the bottom will drop out. |
But I say: |