I Shot The Sheriff — текст песни (Bob Marley And Wailers)

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 defense

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord

And they say it is a capital offense

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Hear this



Sheriff John Brown always hated me

For what I don`t know

Ev`ry 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 defense

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Where was the deputy?

I said I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self defense



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

Ev`ry 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

(Repeat)