I Shot The Sheriff

Artists : Bob Marley : I Shot The Sheriff

i shot the sheriff but i didnt shoot no deputy oh no ooooooooh
i shot the sheriff but i didnt shoot no deputy oh oh ooooooh
yeah all around in my own town they tryin to track me down they say
they wanna bring me in guilty for the killing of the deputy
for the life of the deputy but i say o now o now now i shot the sheriff
but i swear it was in self deffence yeah i say i shot the sheriff
but they say it was a capital offence sheriff john brown always hated me
for what i dont know every time i plant a seed hesa kill them before they
grow hesa kill them before the grow and so and so read it in the news
i shot the sheriff but i swear it was in self deffence where
was the deputy? i say i shot the sheriff but i swear it was in self
deffence freedom came my way one day and i started out of town yeah
all of a sudden i saw sheriff john brown comin to shoot me down so
i shot i shot i shot him down and i say if i am guilty i will pay
i shot the sheriff but i didnt shoot no deputy i didnt
shoot no deputy i shot the sheriff but i didnt shoot no deputy
reflexes had the better of me and what is to be must be
every day the bucket goes to well but one day the bottom will drop out
one day the bottom will drop out i say i i i i shot the sheriff but i
didnt shoot no deputy i i shot the sheriff but i didnt shoot no deputy
yeah so yeah