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Cmbut CmI did noGmtGm GmsGmhoot the deputy.
GmI shotGm the sheriff,
Cmbut CmI GmdGmiGmdGm not shoot the deputy.
Eb7AllDm7 aGmrounGmd in my old town
Eb7theDm7y'reGm trGmying to track me down.
Eb7They sayDm7 tGmhey wGmant to bring me in guilty
Eb7for thDm7e kilGmlGming of a deputy,
Eb7for thDm7e liGmfGme of a deputy.
Riff
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.
Riff
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.
Riff
But I say:
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