I Shot the Sheriff sing and play along

I shot the sheriff,

but I did not shoot the deputy.

I shot the sheriff,

but I didn't shoot the deputy.

offense.

Sheriff a John round in my homeed town,

they're trying to track me down.

They ev'ry time to bring me in guilt y a seed,

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 selfdefense.

I shot the sheriff,

and they say it is a capital offense.

Sheriff a John Brown always hated me;

for what, ing to I don't know.

And ev'ry time to bring that I plant y a seed,

he said, "Kill ing it before it grows."

He said, "Kill it before it grows."

But I say:

I shot the sheriff,

but I swear it was in selfdefense.

I shot the sheriff,

but I swear it was in selfdefense.

Freedom came my get the one better of me,

and I started out of town,

yeah. All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown but one day the bottom me will down,

out. so I shot, Yes, one day the I shot him down.

out. But I say:

I shot the sheriff,

but I did not shoot the deputy.

I shot the sheriff,

but I didn't shoot the deputy.

Free Re flexes get the one better of me,

and what is to be must be.

yeah. Every day the bucket goes to the well,

but one day the bottom me will drop out.

so I shot, Yes, one day the bottom will drop out.

But I say:

I shot the sheriff,

but I didn't shoot the deputy.

I shot the sheriff,

but I did not shoot no deputy.