I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley

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, the sheriff, 
But I swear it was in selfdefense, 
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, and so, 
Read it in the news. 

I shot the sheriff, 
But I swear it was in selfdefense, 
Ooh, ooh, ooh. 

I said, I shot the sheriff, 
But I swear it was in selfdefense, yeah. 

Freedom came my way one day 
And I started out of town, yeah! 

All of a sudden, I saw sheriff John Brown 
Aimin´ 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 didn´t shoot no deputy, 
Oh no, oh. 

I shot the sheriff, 
But I didn´t shoot no deputy, 
Ooh, ooh, ooh. 

Reflexes had the better of me, 
And what is to be must be. 

Ev´ry day the bucket ago a well; 
One day the bottom ago drop out, 
One day the bottom ago drop out. 

I say, I, I, I, I shot the sheriff, 
Lord I didn´t shoot no deputy, no. 

Yeah, I, I shot the sheriff, 
But I didn´t shoot no deputy, 
Yeah, so, yeah.