I Shot The Sheriff auteur : Peter Tosh I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy,
I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy,
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?
I shot the sheriff,
But I swear it was in selfdefence,
I say I shot the sheriff,
And they say it is a capital offence,
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,
But I swear it was in selfdefence,
I say I shot the sheriff,
And they say it is a capital offence,
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 him down and I say,
If I am guilty I will pay?
I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy,
I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy,
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 shot the sheriff,
Lord I didn't shoot no deputy,
I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy
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