51 acessos
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I shot the sheriff,
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but I did not shoot the deputy.
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I shot the sheriff,
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but I did not shoot the deputy.
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All around in my old town
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they're trying 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:
I shot the sheriff,
but I swear it was in selfdefence.
I shot the sheriff,
but I swear it was in selfdefence.
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 , and so , beat in the news:
I shot the sheriff,
but I swear it was in selfdefence.
I shot the sheriff,
but I swear it was in selfdefence.
Freedom came my way one day
and I started out of town.
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 gulty I will pay
I shot the sheriff,
but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff,
but I did not shoot the deputy.
Reflexes got the better of me
and what is to be must be.
Every day the bucket I go I well,
one day the bottom will drop out,
one day the bottom will drop out.
But I say: