Artist: Bob Marley
Track: I Shot the Sheriff
Lyrics
(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 home town
They're tryin' to track me 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
Oh, now, now, oh
(I shot the sheriff) the sheriff
(But I swear it was in self defense) oh, no (oh, oh, ooh)
Yeah, I say, I shot the sheriff oh, Lord (and they say it is a capital offense)
Yeah (oh, oh, ooh) yeah
Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what, I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said kill it before it grow
He said kill them before they grow, and so
Read it in the news (I shot the sheriff) oh, Lord
(But I swear it was in self-defense)
Where was the deputy? (oh, oh, ooh)
I say, I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self defense, yeah (ooh)
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)
I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh) oh no
(I shot the sheriff) I did
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh (oh, oh, ooh)
Reflexes had got 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
Lord, I didn't shot the deputy, no
I, I (shot the sheriff)
But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah
So, yeah
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – I Shot the Sheriff
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Bob Marley here tells a story from the point of view of a narrator who admits to having killed the local sheriff, and claims to be falsely accused of having killed the deputy .
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – I Shot The Sheriff (Live)
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[Intro] / (I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy, no, no, no) / (I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy) / [Verse 1] / All around in my home town / They trying
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Eric Clapton – I Shot the Sheriff
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“I Shot the Sheriff” was written by Bob Marley and featured on Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1973 album Burnin'.
Clapton didn’t want to use this on the album because he thought it
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I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy / I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy / All around in my hometown / They're tryin' to track me down / They say they
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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, oo-ooh.) / Yeah! All around in my home town / They're
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy / I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy / All around in my home town / They're trying to track me down / They say
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EARTHGANG – I Shot the Sheriff (Remix)
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Earthgang released a remix of Bob Marley’s classic “I Shot the Sheriff” as a part of a documentary on Marley.
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“I Shot the Sheriff” was the lead single released from Warren G’s second album, Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality). Warren replaced Marley’s original lyrics with his own
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins – I shot the sheriff
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I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, no no no no / I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, I'm tellin' you so / All around in my home town / They are
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Eric Clapton – I Shot the Sheriff (Live at The Royal Albert, Rock Version)
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[Chorus 1] / I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy / I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy / [Verse 1] / All around in my home town / They're trying to
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff (Traducción al Español)"] / [Coro] / Le disparé al alguacil / Pero no le disparé a ningún teniente, oh no, oh / Le disparé
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – Positive Vibration (Live at the Roxy Theatre, USA 1976)
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But I didn′t shoot no deputy, oh no, oh
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