'I Shot the Sheriff' sangtekst

(I shot the sheriffBut I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh no! oh!I shot the sheriffBut I didn’t shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)Yeah! all around in my home town,They’re tryin’ to track me down;They say they want to bring me in guiltyFor the killing of a deputy,For the life of a deputy.But I say:Oh, now, now. oh!(I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.(but I swear it was in selfdefence.)Oh, no! (ooh, ooh, oo-oh) yeah!I say: I shot the sheriff - oh, lord! -(and they say it is a capital offence.)Yeah! (ooh, ooh, oo-oh) 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:Read it in the news:(I shot the sheriff.) oh, lord!(but I swear it was in self-defence.)Where was the deputy? (oo-oo-oh)I say: I shot the sheriff,But I swear it was in selfdefence. (oo-oh) yeah!Freedom came my way one dayAnd I started out of town, yeah!All of a sudden I saw sheriff john brownAiming 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-oh), 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 meAnd 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. yeah!I - I (shot the sheriff) -But I didn’t shoot no deputy, yeah! no, yeah!