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I Shot The Sheriff

In the style of

Bob Marley

The Wailers

Lyrics

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 ooh
yeah

all around
in my hometown
they tryin'
to track me down
yeah

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
aw no
yeah
i say
i shot the sheriff
oh lord

oh now
yeah
yeah
hear me

sheriff john brown
always hated me
for what
i don't know

every time
i plant a seed
he say kill it
before it grow
he say kill them
before they grow
and so
and so

read it in the news
oh lord
where was the deputy
i say
i shot the sheriff
but i swear it was
in self-defense
yeah

freedom came my way
one day
and i started
out of town yeah

all of a sudden
i saw
sheriff john brown
aimin' to
shoot me down
so i shot
i shot i shot him down
and i say

if i am guilty i will pay
but i say
i didn't shoot
no deputy no
i, i did
oh
yeah

reflexes
had the better of me
and what is to be
must be

every day
the bucket
a-go a-well
one day
the bottom
have a drop out

one day
the bottom
have a drop out
i say

i, i, i
i shot the sheriff
lord i didn't shot
the deputy no

yeah
i, i
but i didn't shoot
no deputy
yeah
so
yeah

Details

  • Duration : 4:43
  • Key : Gm
  • Genre : Pop
  • Year released : 1973
  • Language : English

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