I Shot the Sheriff Lyrics

I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy, no, no, no.
I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy.
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
For what, I don't know.
Every time that I plant a seed,
He woulda kill it, before it grow,
He woulda kill them before they grow.

That's why - I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy, no, no, no.
I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't done no deputy.

All around in my home town,
They're tryin' to track me down.
They say they wanna bring me in guilty,
For the killing of a deputy,
For the slaying of a deputy.
Then I know- I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy, no, no, no.
I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy, no!

Now was he passing, behind me,
As I started out of town, yeah, yeah, yeah!
There I saw, sheriff John Brown,
Aiming to shoot me down.
So I drew - then I shot - I shot him down.

Reflexes had the better of me, ne,
And what is to be must be.
Every day the bucket goes to the well,
One day the bottom a-go drop out, yeah.
One day the bottom's gonna drop out, yeah.
I said, I shot the sheriff,
But I knew it was in selfdefence.
I shot the sheriff,
But they say it is a capital offence.

I said, I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy.
I said, I shot the sheriff,
If I am guilty I will pay.

I said, I shot the sheriff,
But I didn't shoot no deputy.