I Shot The Sheriff

Bob Marley

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Intro:


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	I shot the sheriff,
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	but I did not shoot the deputy.
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	I shot the sheriff,
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	but I did not shoot the deputy.
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	All around in my old town
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	they're trying to track me down.
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	They say they want to bring me in guilty
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	for the killing of a deputy,
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	for the life of a deputy.
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	But I say:

	I shot the sheriff,
	but I swear it was in selfdefence.
	I shot the sheriff,
	but I swear it was in selfdefence.
	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 , beat in the news:

	I shot the sheriff,
	but I swear it was in selfdefence.
	I shot the sheriff,
	but I swear it was in selfdefence.
	Freedom came my way one day
	and I started out of town.
	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 gulty I will pay

	I shot the sheriff,
	but I did not shoot the deputy.
	I shot the sheriff,
	but I did not shoot the deputy.
	Reflexes got the better of me
	and what is to be must be.
	Every day the bucket I go I well,
	one day the bottom will drop out,
	one day the bottom will drop out.
	But I say: