I shot the sheriff,
but I didn't shoot no deputy.
Why?
I said I shot the sheriff,
but I didn't shoot no deputy.
I'm not guilty
All around in my hometown
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to
bring me in guilty
For the killing of the deputy
But I say
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it wasn't self
-defense I shot the sheriff, and they
say it was a capital offence
I'm not guilty
Sheriff
John
Brown always hated me
For what?
Said I don't know
Every time that I planted my seed
He said, kill it before it grows
And I say
And
I,
I, I shot the sheriff
But I swear it wasn't
self -defense
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out way out there
All of a sudden I see
Sheriff
John
Brown
And he's ready to shoot me down
So I shot and I shot him down
But I said, I said I and I and I and I and I shot the sheriff,
I didn't shoot no deputy
Reflexes got the better of me
What is to be,
Lord, it must be
Every day you carry the
bucket to the well
Then one day the bottom will drop out
I say, the bottom will drop out
And I say
I said, I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, and I shot the sheriff
No, I didn't shoot no deputy
And every day I sing it too