I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy
All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they to bring
me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
But I say,
  
I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was
in self defence
I shot the sheriff
And they say
It is a capital offence
Sheriff John Brown
always hated me
For what I don't know
Ev'ry time that I plant a seed
He said kill it before it grow
He said kill it before it grow
But I say,
  
I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self defence
I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self defence
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town
All of a sudden
I see Sheriff John Brown,
Aiming to shoot me down,
So I shot,
I shot him down
But I say,
  
I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy
Refiexes got the better of me
And What is to be must be
Ev'ry day the bucket goes
to the well
But one day the bottom
will drop out
Yes, one day the bottom
will drop out
But I say,
  
I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot the deputy...[start]../song/8/8138.MID[stop]