I Shot the Sheriff-The Tribute Co.

[ti:I Shot the Sheriff] [ar:The Tribute Co.] [al:The Ultimate Reggae Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Shot the Sheriff - The Tribute Co. [00:02.78]I shot the sheriff [00:06.02]But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! [00:12.98]I shot the sheriff [00:14.21] [00:16.09]But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh. [00:22.17]Yeah! All around in my home town, [00:27.54]They're tryin' to track me down; [00:30.51] [00:32.78]They say they want to bring me in guilty [00:37.47]For the killing of a deputy, [00:40.55] [00:42.40]For the life of a deputy. [00:46.90]But I say: [00:51.07] [00:51.76]Oh, now, now. Oh! [00:54.37](I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff. [00:57.30](But I swear it was in selfdefence.) [00:59.64]Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah! [01:03.26]I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! - [01:07.71](And they say it is a capital offence.) [01:09.64] [01:10.46]Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah! [01:12.73] [01:14.56]Sheriff John Brown always hated me, [01:19.04]For what, I don't know: [01:23.63]Every time I plant a seed, [01:28.56]He said kill it before it grow - [01:33.54]He said kill them before they grow. [01:38.60]And so: And so: [01:43.91]Read it in the news: [01:45.60](I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord! [01:48.43](But I swear it was in self-defence.) [01:51.34]Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh) [01:54.40]I say: I shot the sheriff, [01:58.50]But I swear it was in selfdefence. Yeah! (Oo-oh) [02:05.30]Freedom came my way one day [02:09.71]And I started out of town, yeah! [02:15.21]All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown [02:20.16]Aiming to shoot me down, [02:23.50] [02:24.66]So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say: [02:31.12] [02:34.21]If I am guilty I will pay. [02:39.41] [02:40.17](I shot the sheriff,) [02:42.20]But I say (But I didn't shoot no deputy), [02:46.06]I didn't shoot no deputy oh no! [02:50.56](I shot the sheriff.) I did! [02:53.56]But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh) [02:57.60] [02:59.87]Reflexes had got the better of me [03:04.75]And what is to be must be: [03:09.70]Every day the bucket a-go a well, [03:15.07]One day the bottom a-go drop out, [03:19.95]One day the bottom a-go drop out. [03:24.49]I say: [03:25.17] [03:30.52]I - I - I - I shot the sheriff. [03:34.35]Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah! [03:41.25]I - I (shot the sheriff) - [03:45.05]But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!