I shot the sheriff,
but I didn't shoot no deputy.
I shot the sheriff,
but I didn't shoot no deputy.
All around in my hometown,
they're trying to track I down.
They say they want to bring me in guilty
for the killing of a deputy,
for the life of a deputy.
But I say,
I swear it was in self-defense.
And they say it is a capital offense.
And John Brown always hated me
for what I don't know.
Every time I planned to see,
he said,
kill it before it grows.
He said, kill them before it grows.
And so,
and so,
read it in the news.
I shot the sheriff,
but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff,
and they swear it was in self-defense.
Freedom came my way one day,
and I started out of town, yes.
All of a sudden, I saw Shelby Plumber
aiming to shoot me down.
So I shot, I shot, I shot him down.
And so,
and so,
if I am guilty, I will pay.
I shot the sheriff,
but
I didn't shoot no deputy.
I shot the sheriff,
but I didn't shoot no deputy.
Reflexes got the better of me.
And what is to be,
mostly,
I think they'd love to go to the well.
One day,
the bottom will go and drop out.
One day, the bottom will go and drop out.
I said,
I said,
yeah.
I shot the sheriff,
but I didn't shoot no deputy.
I
didn't shoot no deputy.
I said, I shot the sheriff.
They got me running.
They got me running.
They got me running away.
I shot the sheriff.
With the breath of the devil, yeah.
I shot the sheriff.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They got me running.
They got me running.
They got me running away.
I shot the sheriff.