Bob Marley - Burnin' : I Shoot The Sheriff

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Bob Marley



Burnin'



I Shoot The Sheriff





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're 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, but I swear it was in self defense



Ooh, ooh, ooh



I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord



And they say it is a capital offense



Ooh, ooh, ooh



Hear this







Sheriff John Brown always hated me



For what I don't know



Ev'ry time I plant a seed



He said, "Kill it before it grows."



He said, "Kill them before they grow."







And so, oh, now, now,



Read it in the news







I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense



Ooh, ooh, ooh



Where was the deputy?



I said I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defense







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



Ooh, no, oh



I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy



Ooo, ooo, ooh







Reflexes had the better of me



And what is to be must be



Ev'ry 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, but I didn't shoot the deputy, no