I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy Gm Cm Gm
Yeah! All around in my home town, Cm Dm Gm
They're tryin' to track me down Cm Dm Gm
They say they want to bring me in guilty Cm Dm Gm
For the killing of a deputy Cm Dm Gm
For the life of a deputy. But I say: Cm Dm Gm
I shot the sheriff but but I swear it was in selfdefence
I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence
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:
I shot the sheriff but 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, 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 didn't shoot no deputy
I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy
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 shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy
I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy
Words & Music:
Bob Marley