I Shot the Sheriff-The Jamaican Reggae Band

[ti:I Shot the Sheriff] [ar:The Jamaican Reggae Stars] [al:Reggae Time] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Shot the Sheriff - The Jamaican Reggae Band [00:01.94]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy [00:07.00] [00:11.44]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy [00:17.59] [00:23.41]All around in my home town [00:25.83] [00:27.79]They're trying to track me down [00:30.07] [00:32.98]They say they want to bring me in guilty [00:35.79] [00:37.79]For the killing of a deputy [00:39.72] [00:43.01]For the life of a deputy [00:45.07] [00:47.61]But I say [00:48.68] [00:54.85]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence [01:00.87] [01:05.98]I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence [01:11.75] [01:17.61]Sheriff John Brown always hated me [01:19.94] [01:21.12]For what I don't know [01:24.36] [01:27.35]Every time that I plant a seed [01:30.12] [01:31.70]He said 'Kill it before it grows' [01:35.01] [01:36.93]He said 'Kill it before it grows' [01:40.04] [01:41.65]But I say [01:43.22] [01:49.36]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence [01:54.85] [01:56.66]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence [02:05.43] [02:11.32]Freedom came my way one day [02:13.70] [02:15.75]And I started out of town [02:17.81] [02:21.08]All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown [02:24.58] [02:26.37]Aiming to shoot me down [02:28.48] [02:30.58]So I shot I shot him down [02:33.69] [02:35.52]But I say [02:36.68] [02:47.03]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy [02:52.44] [02:56.47]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy [03:03.14] [03:09.02]Reflexes got the better of me [03:11.16] [03:13.36]And what is to be must be [03:15.79] [03:18.65]Every day the bucket goes to well [03:21.57] [03:23.97]But one day the bottom wuill drop out [03:26.49] [03:29.12]Yes one day the bottom will drop out [03:31.24] [03:33.27]I say [03:33.95] [03:39.83]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy [03:45.59] [03:50.37]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy