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 killing 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 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' but I say
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence
I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence
Freedom came my way one day and I started out of town
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown aiming to shoot me down
So I shot, I shot him down 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
Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be, must be
Every day the bucket goes to well but one day the bottom will drop out,
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out 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