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I shot the sheriff but I

didn't shoot no deputy
oh no no
I shot the sheriff but I

didn't shoot no deputy
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
The sheriff

I shot the sheriff
Sheriff John Brown

always hated me
for what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
he said Kill it before

it grows he said Kill
them before they grow
and so
The sheriff

deputy oh no
Yeah I shot the sheriff

oh oh yeah yeah
Freedom came my way

one day and I started
out of town yeah!
All of a sudden I saw

Sheriff John Brown came
in to shoot me down
So I shot I shot

I shot him down
and I say
lfl am guilty I will pay

the sheriff
I shot the sheriff
yeah reflexes had the

better of me and what
is to be must be
Every day the bucket
a-go-a well

one day the bottom
of that drop out
One day the bottom
of it drop out I say

I l l but I didn't shoot
the deputy
l I shot the sheriff
but I did not shoot

the deputy no no
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Title
I Shot The Sheriff
Artist
Bob Marley
Brand
Sunfly
(11 Other Versions)
Codes
SFHH04-6-15 SFWS017-03
Genres
reggae, roots reggae, rocksteady
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