Talkin' Blues

Bob Marley & The Wailers

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Bend Down Low - Alternate Version

I Shot The Sheriff - Live At The Lyceum, London, 1975

Bend Down Low - Live

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Alati  Pha 

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Rocket Gant

Marco Antonio Rmz Bravo

Cristian Matias Gómez Jiménez

agoeng m

Ahmed Sayko

Virgil Francy

Lilian Akunaruogo

Diabate Abdoulaye

Abdallah Shalabi

Bryan Sciaf Durante

ameeen noor

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
Where was the deputy? (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

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

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For the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy

Oh, 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

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

I shot the sheriff, but I say, but I didn't shoot no deputy

I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy

I, I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy, no

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Talkin' Blues • 1975

I Shot The Sheriff - Live At The Lyceum, London, 1975

Bob Marley & The Wailers

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