| Year: | 1973 |
| Rank: | 109 |
| Duration: | 4:42 |
| Views: | 9.8M |
(I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no!
Oh!
I shot the sheriff
But 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 guilty
For 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 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 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 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 - 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!