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I Shot The Sheriff
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I shot the sheriff
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But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
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I shot the sheriff
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But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)
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Yeah! All around in my home town,
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They're tryin' to track me down;
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They say they want to bring me in guilty
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For the killing of a deputy,
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For the life of a deputy.
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But I say:
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Oh, now, now. Oh!
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(I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.
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(But I swear it was in selfdefence.)
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Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
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I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
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(And they say it is a capital offence.)
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Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
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Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
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For what, I don't know:
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Every time I plant a seed,
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He said kill it before it grow -
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He said kill them before they grow.
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And so:
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Read it in the news:
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(I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord!
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(But I swear it was in self-defence.)
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Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)
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I say: I shot the sheriff,
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But I swear it was in selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah!
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Freedom came my way one day
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And I started out of town, yeah!
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All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
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Aiming to shoot me down,
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So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say:
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If I am guilty I will pay.
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(I shot the sheriff,)
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But I say (But I didn't shoot no deputy),
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I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no!
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(I shot the sheriff.) I did!
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But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)
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Reflexes had got the better of me
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And what is to be must be:
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Every day the bucket a-go a well,
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One day the bottom a-go drop out,
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One day the bottom a-go drop out.
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I say:
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I - I - I - I shot the sheriff.
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Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!
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I - I (shot the sheriff) -
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But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!
Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff [Cross...
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