I Shot The Sheriff (Live At The Lyceum, London/1975) - Bob Marley & The Wailers

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

All around in my hometown

They're trying to track me down

They say they want to bring me in guilty

For the life of a deputy for the life of a deputy

But I say aye

I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defense

(I swear it was in self defense yeah) Ooh ooh

I said I shot the sheriff

And they say it is a capital offense

Ooh ooh

Sheriff John Brown always hated me

For what I don't know

Every time I plant a seed

He said kill it before it grows

He said kill them before they grow

And so and and so

I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy

Ooh no oh

If I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy

(I didn't shoot no deputy no no no no no) Ooo ooo ooh

Freedom came my way one day

And I started out of town yeah

Anh all of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown

He was aiming to shoot I down

So I shot yes I shot I shot him down

And I say

Bye bye bye

I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy

Ooh no oh

If I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy

Ooh ooh

Reflexes had the better of me

And what is to be must be

Every day the bucket a go a well

I say one day the bottom a go drop out

One day the bottom with drop out

I shot I shot

Readly day

I shot the sheriff but I say but I didn't shoot no deputy

Ooh no oh

I shot the sheriff but I didn't shoot no deputy

Ooh ooh