I Shot The Sheriff

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 Yeah! All around in my home town 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 but I say Oh, now, now, oh (I shot the sheriff) I shot the sheriff (But I swear it was in self-defence) oh no, oh, oh, ooh Yeah, I say, I shot the sheriff oh, Lord (and they say it is a capital offence) Yeah, yeah! Hear that 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-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? (Ooh, ooh, ooh) I say, I shot the sheriff But I swear it was in self-defence, yeah! (Ooh) 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 (pay, pay, pay, pay...) (I shot the sheriff) but I say but I didn't shoot no deputy I didn't shoot no deputy, no (ooh, ooh, ooh) (I shot the sheriff) I agree (But I didn't shoot no deputy) oh (Ooh, ooh, 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, no I, I (shot the sheriff) But I didn't shoot no deputy yeah So, yeah