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
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
But I swear
It was in
Self-defense
Oh no oh
I shot
The sheriff
And they say
It was a
Capital offense
Ooh ooh ooh
Sheriff John Brown
Always hated
For what
I don't know
Every time
I'd 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
Oh Lord
But I swear
It was in
Self-defense
Where was the
Deputy
I said
I shot the
Sheriff
But I swear it
Was in
Self-defense
Yeah
Freedom came
My way one day
I started out
Out down there
All of the 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
I didn't shoot
No deputy no
I shot the
Sheriff
But I
Didn't shoot no
Deputy
Ooh ooh ooh
Reflexes got the
Better of me
And what is
To be
Must be
Every day the
Bucket I pull
At well
But one day the
Bottom of..
Drop out
One day the
Bottom of..
Drop out
I said..
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 oh yeah..