I (I shot the sheriff, but sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Oh, no, deputy, oh no! Oh!
I shot the sheriff, but sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh,deputy, ooh, ooh Yeah ooh, oo-ooh.)enter deleted
Yeah! All around in my hometown home town,
They're tryin' to track me down, yeah down;
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy, for
For the life of a deputy deputy.
But I say, oh, now, now... say:

Oh, I now, now. Oh!
(I shot the sheriff, but sheriff.) - the sheriff.
(But I swear it was in self defense selfdefence.)
Ooh,Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, ooh oo-oh) Yeah!
I said, say: I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
And(And they say it is a capital offense offence.)
Ooh,Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, ooh
Hear this oo-oh) Yeah!

Sheriff John Brown always hated me me,
For what what, I don't know know:
Ev'ryEvery time I plant a seed seed,
He said, "Kill said kill it before it grows." grow -
He said, "Kill said kill them before they grow." grow.
And so:

And so, oh, now, now,
Read it in the news news:

I (I shot the sheriff, but sheriff.) Oh, Lord!
(But I swear it was in self defense
Ooh, ooh, ooh self-defence.)
Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)
I said say: I shot the sheriff but sheriff,
But I swear it was in self defense
selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah!

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
All of a sudden I saw Sheriff sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down down,
So I shot, I shot, shot - I shot - I shot
him down and I say:
And I say, ifIf I am guilty I will pay pay.
I(I shot the sheriff, but sheriff,)
But I say, but say (But I didn't shoot no deputy),
I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!
Ooh, no, oh
I (I shot the sheriff, but sheriff.) I did!
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooo, ooo, ooh deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)

Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be be:
Ev'ryEvery day the bucket a-go-a well a-go a well,
One day the bottom a-go drop out out,
One day the bottom a-go drop out out.
I say, I, I, ... say:
I,I - I - I - I shot the sheriff, but sheriff.
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!
I - I (shot the sheriff) -
But I didn't shoot the no deputy, no
(Repeat) yeah! No, yeah!