Bob Marley & The Wailers — I Shot The Sheriff Live

[Intro] (I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy, no, no, no) (I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy) [Verse 1] All around in my home town They trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the life of a deputy For the life of a deputy But I say [Chorus] I shot the sheriff (I shot the sheriff) But I swear it was (But I swear it was in self-defense) I swear it was in self-defense, yeah It was I who shot the sheriff (I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense) And they say it is a capital offense [Verse 2] Sheriff John Brown always hated me For what I don't know Every time I plant a seed He said, "Kill them before the grow" He said, "Kill them before they grow, now" And so….and so [Chorus] I shot the sheriff (I shot the sheriff) But I didn't shoot no deputy (But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh, no, no) It was I who shot the sheriff (I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy) But I, but I didn't shoot no deputy, no, no, no, no, no [Verse 3] Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah And all of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown He was aiming to shoot I down So I shot, yes I shot, shot him down, and I say [Chorus] Bye, bye, bye I shot the sheriff (I shot the sheriff) But I didn't shoot the deputy (Oh, no, no) It was I who shot the sheriff (I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy) But I, but I didn't shoot no deputy [Verse 4] Reflexes got the better of me And what is to be must be Every day the bucket goes to the well I say, one day the bottom oughta drop out One day the bottom will drop out And so….and so Read it in the news..