I Shot The Sheriff

Riff e|--------------------------------------- B|--------------------------------------- G|--------------------------------------- D|-5-3-0-----0---------------------------- A|-------3-1---3-1------------------------ E|-----------------3---------------------- I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. All around in my old town they're trying to track me down. They say they want to bring I in guilty for the life of a deputy, for the life of a deputy. But I say: I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. Sheriff John Brown always hated I for what I don't know. Every time that I plant a seed he said "Kill it before It grows," he said "Kill them before they grow." And so , and so , beat in the news: I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. It was I who shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. Freedom came my way one day and I started out of town. All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown, aiming to shoot me down. So I shot, I shot , I shot him down. And I say: If I am gulty I will pay I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. It was I who shot the sheriff, And they say it is a capital offense. Reflexes are the better of me and what is to be must be. Every day the bucket goes to the well, one day the bottom will drop out, one day the bottom will drop out. But I say: