I Shot The Sheriff

I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy Oh, no, no I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy Ooh All around in my hometown They're tryin' to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the life of a deputy For the life of a deputy But I say I shot the sheriff (But I swear it was in self-defense) I swear it was in self-defense, yeah It was I shot the sheriff And they say it is a capital offense Sheriff John Brown always hated me For what, I don't know Every time I plant a seed He said kill them before it grow He said kill them before they grow And so And so I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot the deputy It was I shot the sheriff (But I didn't shoot the deputy) I didn't shoot the deputy, no, no Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah Then all of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown He was aiming to shoot I down So I shot, yes, I shot, shot him down And I say I-I-I-I shot the sheriff Lord, I didn't shoot the deputy (No, no, no) It was I who shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot the deputy Reflexes had the better of me And what is to be must be Every day the bucket goes to the well I say, one day the bottom a-go drop out One day the bottom will drop out And so And so Really sing I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot the deputy (No, no, no) I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot the deputy --- I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley and Bob Marley and the Wailers