Voodoo Glow Skulls - I Shot The Sheriff lyrics

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<i>[Originally by Bob Marley]</i><br>

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I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy. <br>

I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy. <br>

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All around in my hometown, <br>

They're tryin' to track me down. <br>

They say they want to bring me in guilty, <br>

For the killing of a deputy, <br>

For the killing of a deputy. <br>

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But I say... <br>

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I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy. <br>

I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy. <br>

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Sheriff John Brown always hated me, <br>

For what I don't know. <br>

Every time that I planted a seed, <br>

He said, "Kill it before it grow." <br>

He said, "Kill them before it grow." <br>

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But I say... <br>

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I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defence. <br>

I shot the sheriff, and they say it was a capital offence. <br>

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Reflexes got the better of me, <br>

And what is to be must be. <br>

Every day the bucket goes to the well, <br>

But one day the bottom will drop out <br>

Yeah, one day the bottom will drop out <br>

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But I say...<br>