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, Oo-ooh.)
Yeah! All Around In My Home Town,
They're Tryin' To Track Me Down;
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 Selfdefence.)
Oh, No! (Ooh, Ooh, Oo-oh) Yeah!
I Say: I Shot The Sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
(And They Say It Is A Capital Offence.)
Yeah! (Ooh, Ooh, Oo-oh) Yeah!

Sheriff John Brown Always Hated Me,
For What, I Don't Know:
Every Time I Plant A Seed,
He Said Kill It Before It Grow -
He Said Kill Them Before They Grow.
And So:

Read It In The News:
(I Shot The Sheriff.) Oh, Lord!
(But I Swear It Was In Self-defence.)
Where Was The Deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)
I Say: I Shot The Sheriff,
But I Swear It Was In Selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah!

Freedom Came My Way One Day
And I Started Out Of Town, Yeah!
All Of A Sudden I Saw Sheriff John Brown
Aiming 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 Say (But I Didn't Shoot No Deputy),
I Didn't Shoot No Deputy (oh, No-oh), Oh No!
(I Shot The Sheriff.) I Did!
But I Didn't Shoot No Deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)

Reflexes Had Got The Better Of Me
And What Is To Be Must Be:
Every Day The Bucket A-go A Well,
One Day The Bottom A-go Drop Out,
One Day The Bottom A-go Drop Out.
I Say:

I - I - I - I Shot The Sheriff.
Lord, I Didn't Shot The Deputy. Yeah!
I - I (shot The Sheriff) -
But I Didn't Shoot No Deputy, Yeah! No, Yeah!