I Shot The Sheriff

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I shot the sheriff but i did not shoot no deputy

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I shot the sheriff but i did not shoot no deputy

 

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All around in my hometown trying to track me down

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Sheriff john brown always hated me for what i dont no

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Freedom came my way one day so i started out of town

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Reflexes got the better of me what will be will be

 

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I shot the sheriff but i did not shoot no deputy

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I shot the sheriff but i did not shoot no deputy

 

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They say they want to bring me in guilty killing of a deputy

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And every time that i plant a seed he said kill it before it grows

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All of a sudden i see sheriff john brown aimin to shoot me down

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Everyday the bucket goes to the well one day the bottom will drop out

 

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I shot the sheriff but i did not shoot no deputy

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I shot the sheriff but i did not shoot no deputy

 

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For the life of a deputy but i say

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Kill it before it grows

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So i shot so i shot him down

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I say one day the bottom will drop out