I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy
All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the life of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
But I say
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence
I swear it was in self-defence
It was I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Every time that I plant a seed
He said 'Kill it before it grows'
He said 'Kill it before it grows'
I'm so I'm so
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy
I did not shoot the deputy
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
He was aiming to shoot I down
So I shot yes I shot shot him down
And I say
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy
Reflexes got the better of me
And what is to be must be
Every day the bucket goes to the well
I say but one day the bottom wuill drop out
One day the bottom will drop out
And so and so
But I say
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy
