I Shot The Sheriff (made famous by Bob Marley)

I Shot The Sheriff(made famous by Bob Marley) - Island All-Stars

I shot the sheriff

But I didn't shoot no deputy

I shot the sheriff

But I didn't shoot no deputy ooh ooh oo ooh

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

Oh no yeah

I shot the sheriff

And they say it is a capital offence

Yeah yeah

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

I shot the sheriff

But I swear it was in selfdefence yeah

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

I shot the sheriff

But I say but I didn't shoot no deputy

I didn't shoot no deputy oh no

I shot the sheriff I did

But I didn't shoot no deputy oh oo oo 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 shot the sheriff

Lord I didn't shot the deputy no yeah

I I shot the sheriff

But I didn't shoot no deputy yeah no yeah

I didn't shoot no deputy

I shot

I shot the sheriff