yannick noah
i shot the sheriff
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, ooh Yeah  All around in my hometown They're tryin' to track me down, yeah They say they want to bring me in guilty For the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy But I say, oh, now, now  Oh, I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defence Ooh, ooh, ooh I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord And they say it is a capital offence Ooh, ooh, ooh Hear this  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, oh, now, now, Read it in the news  I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self defence Ooh, ooh, ooh Where was the deputy? I said I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defence  Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah! All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown Aiming to shoot me down So I shot, I shot, I shot him down And I say, if I am guilty I will pay  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 Ooo, ooo, ooh  Reflexes had the better of me And what is to be must be Every day the bucket a-go-a well One day the bottom a-go drop out One day the bottom a-go drop out I say, I, I,  I, I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy, no I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy.