I Shot the Sheriff-TheDrifters

[ti:I Shot the Sheriff] [ar:The Drifters] [al:My Girl and More of the Drifters] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Shot the Sheriff (Rerecorded Version) - TheDrifters [00:00.53]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy [00:06.59] [00:07.88]No no [00:08.41] [00:10.87]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot no deputy [00:16.92] [00:22.10]All around in my home [00:24.72] [00:27.20]They're trying to track me down [00:29.45] [00:32.45]They say they want to bring me in guilty [00:35.40] [00:36.44]For the killing of a deputy to [00:39.94] [00:41.57]For the life of a deputy I say [00:46.90] [00:53.84]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defense [01:00.11] [01:04.33]I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offense [01:11.55] [01:15.65]Sheriff john brown always hated me [01:18.77] [01:20.94]For what I don't know [01:23.35] [01:26.12]For every time that I plant a seed [01:29.11] [01:30.23]He said Kill it before it grows [01:33.93] [01:35.35]He said Kill it before it grows and I say [01:41.29] [01:47.78]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defense [01:54.11] [01:59.33]Freedom came my way one day [02:02.04] [02:04.44]And I started out started out somewhere [02:07.78] [02:09.79]All of a sudden I see sheriff john brown [02:13.46] [02:14.17]Waiting to shoot me down [02:16.98] [02:18.75]So I shot I shot him down [02:22.71] [02:34.06]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy [02:40.39] [02:45.47]Reflexes got the better of me [02:47.80] [02:50.49]What is to be must be [02:53.39] [02:55.84]Every day the bucket goes to the well [02:59.04] [03:00.58]One day the bottom will drop out [03:03.71] [03:05.92]But one day the bottom will drop out [03:09.37] [03:17.74]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy [03:23.77] [03:28.12]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot no deputy [03:34.50] [03:38.49]I shot the sheriff