i shot the sheriff
i shot the sheriff
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