I Shot The Sheriff-Roots Run

[ti:I Shot The Sheriff] [ar:Studio Allstars] [al:Jammin'] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Shot The Sheriff - Roots Run [00:03.99]I shot the sheriff [00:04.70] [00:05.31]But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! [00:10.84] [00:12.85]I shot the sheriff [00:13.99] [00:16.01]But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh. [00:20.63] [00:22.17]Yeah! All around in my home town, [00:26.03] [00:27.62]They're tryin' to track me down; [00:30.55] [00:32.81]They say they want to bring me in guilty [00:35.60] [00:37.48]For the killing of a deputy, [00:39.35] [00:42.45]For the life of a deputy. [00:44.72] [00:46.99]But I say: [00:47.64] [00:51.71]Oh, now, now. Oh! [00:53.25] [00:54.37](I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff. [00:57.27](But I swear it was in selfdefence.) [00:59.34] [00:59.98]Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah! [01:02.43] [01:03.31]I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! - [01:07.59](And they say it is a capital offence.) [01:10.00]Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah! [01:12.59] [01:13.62]Sheriff John Brown always hated me, [01:17.34] [01:19.09]For what, I don't know: [01:21.41] [01:23.64]Every time I plant a seed, [01:26.55] [01:28.29]He said kill it before it grow - [01:32.15] [01:33.57]He said kill them before they grow. [01:36.47] [01:38.62]And so: [01:39.13] [01:41.67]Read it in the news: [01:45.81](I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord! [01:47.53] [01:48.40](But I swear it was in self-defence.) [01:50.33] [01:51.33]Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh) [01:53.15] [01:54.46]I say: I shot the sheriff, [01:56.38] [01:58.55]But I swear it was in selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah! [02:03.05] [02:05.35]Freedom came my way one day [02:07.75] [02:09.72]And I started out of town, yeah! [02:12.89] [02:15.20]All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown [02:18.97] [02:20.27]Aiming to shoot me down, [02:22.57] [02:24.69]So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say: [02:29.72] [02:34.13]If I am guilty I will pay. [02:36.25] [02:36.85](I shot the sheriff,) [02:41.21]But I say (But I didn't shoot no deputy), [02:45.09] [02:45.98]I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no! [02:49.06] [02:49.99](I shot the sheriff.) I did! [02:52.17] [02:53.26]But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh) [02:57.46] [02:59.85]Reflexes had got the better of me [03:02.41] [03:04.71]And what is to be must be: [03:07.49] [03:09.77]Every day the bucket a-go a well, [03:12.97] [03:14.95]One day the bottom a-go drop out, [03:17.95] [03:19.92]One day the bottom a-go drop out. [03:22.82] [03:24.53]I say: [03:24.95] [03:30.62]I - I - I - I shot the sheriff. [03:33.50] [03:34.39]Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah! [03:37.20] [03:40.49]I - I (shot the sheriff) - [03:45.00]But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!