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	Current version of Bob Marley Lyrics I Shot the Sheriff (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-marley/i-shot-the-sheriff/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Bob Marley Lyrics I Shot the Sheriff (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-marley/i-shot-the-sheriff/v1....) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	(I shot the sheriff						I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy	1
2	But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!						Oh, no, oh	2
3	I shot the sheriff						I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy	3
4	But I didn't shoot no						Ooh, ooh, ooh Yeah	4
1	deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)							1
5	Yeah! All around in my home town,						All around in my hometown	5
6	They're tryin' to track me down;						They're tryin' to track me down, yeah	6
	They say they want to bring me in guilty						They say they want to bring me in guilty
7	For the killing of a deputy,						For the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy	7
8	For the life of a deputy.						But I say, oh, now, now...	8
2	But I say:							2
9							Oh, I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense	9
10	Oh, now, now. Oh!						Ooh, ooh, ooh	10
11	(I           shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.						I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord	11
12	(But I swear it was in selfdefence.)						And they say it is a capital offense	12
13	Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!						Ooh,             ooh, ooh	13
14	I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -						Hear this	14
3	(And they say it is a capital offence.)							3
15	Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!						Sheriff John Brown always hated me	15
16							For what I don't know	16
17	Sheriff John Brown always hated me,						Ev'ry time I plant a seed	17
18	For what, I don't know:						He said, "Kill it before it grows."	18
19	Every time I plant a seed,						He said, "Kill them before they grow."	19
4	He said kill it before it grow -							4
20	He said kill them before they grow.						And so, oh, now, now,	20
21	And so:						Read it in the news	21
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22	Read                                     it      in the news:						I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defense	22
23	(I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord!						Ooh, ooh, ooh	23
24	(But I swear it was in self-defence.)						Where               was the deputy?	24
25	Where was          the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)						I said I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defense	25
6	I say: I shot the sheriff,							6
7	But I swear it was in							7
8	selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah!							8
	Freedom came my way one day						Freedom came my way one day
	And I started out of town, yeah!						And I started out of town, yeah!
26	All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown						All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown	26
27	Aiming to shoot me down,						Aiming to shoot me down	27
28	So I shot - I shot - I shot						So I shot,    I shot,    I shot him down	28
29	him down and I say:						And            I say, if I am guilty I will pay	29
9	If I am guilty I will pay.							9
30							I shot the sheriff, but I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy	30
31	(I shot the sheriff,)						Ooh, no, oh	31
32	But I say (But                I didn't shoot no deputy),						I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy	32
33	I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!						Ooo, ooo, ooh	33
10	(I shot the sheriff.) I did!							10
34	But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)						Reflexes had the better of me	34
35							And what is to be must be	35
36	Reflexes had got the better of me						Ev'ry day      the bucket a-go-a well	36
37	And what is to be must be:						One day the bottom a-go drop out	37
38	Every day the bucket a-go a well,						One day the bottom a-go drop out	38
39	One day the bottom a-go drop out,						I say, I, I, ...	39
11	One day the bottom a-go drop out.							11
40	I say:						I, I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy, no	40
41							(Repeat)	41
12	I - I - I - I shot the sheriff.							12
13	Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!							13
14	I - I (shot the sheriff) -							14
15	But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!							15

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