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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! |
