BIG MARLEY

I Shot The Sheriff

Intro:

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 I shot the sheriff,
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 but I did not shoot the deputy.
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 I shot the sheriff,
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 but I did not shoot the deputy.
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 All around in my old town
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 they're trying to track me down.
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 They say they want to bring me in guilty
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 for the killing of a deputy,
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 for the life of a deputy.
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 But I say:


 I shot the sheriff,
 but I swear it was in selfdefence.
 I shot the sheriff,
 but I swear it was in selfdefence.
 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 , and so , beat in the news:

 I shot the sheriff,
 but I swear it was in selfdefence.
 I shot the sheriff,
 but I swear it was in selfdefence.
 Freedom came my way one day
 and I started out of town.
 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 gulty I will pay

 I shot the sheriff,
 but I did not shoot the deputy.
 I shot the sheriff,
 but I did not shoot the deputy.
 Reflexes got the better of me
 and what is to be must be.
 Every day the bucket I go I well,
 one day the bottom will drop out,
 one day the bottom will drop out.
 But I say: