(Bob Marley)
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
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All around in my home town
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They're trying 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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I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
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I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.
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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 that I plant a seed
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He said, "Kill it before it grows."
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He said, "Kill it before it grows."
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I say:
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I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
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I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
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Freedom came my way one day
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And I started out of town.
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All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
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Aiming to shoot me down.
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So I shot, I shot him down.
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I say:
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
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Reflexes got the better of me
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And what is to be must be.
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Every day the bucket goes to the well,
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But one day the bottom will drop out,
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Yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
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But I say:
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
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I Shot The Sheriff
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| Eric Clapton |
