Bob Marley & The Wailers — I Shot The Sheriff

[Chorus] 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 [Verse 1] Yeah, all around in my home town They're trying 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 [Chorus] I shot the sheriff, the sheriff But I swear it was in self-defense, oh no Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah I say, I shot the sherriff, oh Lord And they say it is a capital offense, yeah Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah [Verse 2] 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, and so Read it in the news [Chorus] I shot the sheriff, oh Lord But I swear it was in self-defense Where was the deputy? Ooh, ooh, ooh I say, I shot the sheriff But I swear it was in self-defense, yeah Ooh-ooh [Verse 3] 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 (pay, pay, pay, pay, pay) [Chorus] I shot the sheriff But I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no, ooh, ooh, ooh I shot the sheriff, I did But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh Ooh, ooh, ooh [Verse 4] 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 a-go drop out One day the bottom a-go drop out [Outro] I say I-I-I, I shot the sheriff Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, no Yeah, I-I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah, so, yeah