Lyrics I Shot The Sheriff.lrc Bob Marley & The Wailers
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[00:01.34]I shot the sheriff
[00:04.06]But I didn’t shoot no deputy
[00:07.75]Oh, no, oh
[00:10.45]I shot the sheriff
[00:14.21]But I didn’t shoot no deputy
[00:17.96]Ooh, ooh, ooh Yeah
[00:21.42]All around in my hometown
[00:26.57]They’re tryin’ to track me down, yeah
[00:30.54]They say they want to bring me in guilty
[00:35.39]For the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy
[00:45.51]But I say, oh, now, now…
[00:52.54]Oh, I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense
[00:58.92]Ooh, ooh, ooh
[01:01.31]I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord
[01:05.66]And they say it is a capital offense
[01:09.16]Ooh, ooh, ooh
[01:10.95]Hear this
[01:12.92]Sheriff John Brown always hated me
[01:16.97]For what I don’t know
[01:21.82]Ev’ry time I plant a seed
[01:26.69]He said, “Kill it before it grows.”
[01:31.44]He said, “Kill them before they grow.”
[01:36.32]And so, oh, now, now
[01:41.17]Read it in the news
[01:44.09]I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense
[01:49.41]Where was the deputy? (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
[01:52.61]I said I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defense
[02:02.53]Freedom came my way one day
[02:07.63]And I started out of town, yeah!
[02:12.10]All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
[02:17.59]Aiming to shoot me down
[02:22.37]So I shot, I shot, I shot him down
[02:27.47]And I say, if I am guilty I will pay
[02:37.85]I shot the sheriff, but I say, but I didn’t shoot no deputy
[02:44.21]Ooh, no, oh
[02:47.78]I shot the sheriff, but I didn’t shoot no deputy
[02:54.42]Ooo, ooo, ooh
[02:57.13]Reflexes had the better of me
[03:01.65]And what is to be must be
[03:06.74]Ev’ry day the bucket a-go-a well
[03:12.31]One day the bottom a-go drop out
[03:17.26]One day the bottom a-go drop out
[03:22.58]I say, I, I, …
[03:27.14]I, I shot the sheriff, but I didn’t shoot the deputy, no
[03:39.66]Year of Release: 1973