I Shot Sheriff Lyrics

A Sheriff by definition is a deputy right? If you look at the context of the story, obviously he shot a corrupt sheriff who by being the criminal that he was didn't deserve to be called a deputy. Hence I admit that I shot the sheriff but that SOB was no deputy in my book. The narrator claims to have acted in self-defense when the sheriff tried to shoot him. The song was first released in 1973 on The Wailers ' album Burnin'. Marley explained his intention as follows: 'I want to say 'I shot the police' but the government would have made a fuss so I said 'I shot the sheriff' instead but it's the same idea. Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley) I Shot the Sheriff lyrics: (I shot the sheriff / But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! But I swear it was in selfdefence. Sheriff John Brown always hated me for what I don't know. Ev'ry time that I plant a seed and what is to be must be. Ev'ry day the bucket goes to the well, but one day the bottom will drop out, yes one day the bottom will drop out. Bob Marley – I Shot The Sheriff Lyrics I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no!

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by Bob Marley

I Shot The Sheriff lyrics with English Translations

I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh
[Verse 1] Yeah! All around in my home town They're trying to track me down They say they want to bring me in guilty For the killing of a deputy For the life of a deputy But I say
[Chorus] Oh, now, now. Oh! (I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff (But I swear it was in self-defense.) Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! (And they say it is a capital offense.) Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
[Verse 2] Sheriff John Brown always hated me For what, I don't know: Every time I plant a seed He said kill it before it grow He said kill them before they grow And so
[Chorus] Read it in the news (I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord! (But I swear it was in self-defense.) Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh) I say: I shot the sheriff But I swear it was in self-defense. (Oo-oh) Yeah!
[Verse 3] Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah! 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 guilty I will pay
[Chorus] (I shot the sheriff,) But I say (But I didn't shoot no deputy) I didn't shoot no deputy (oh, no-oh), oh no! (I shot the sheriff.) I did! But I didn't shoot no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh) Reflexes had got the better of me And what is to be must be: Every day the bucket a-go a well One day the bottom a-go drop out One day the bottom a-go drop out I say: I - I - I - I shot the sheriff Lord, I didn't shot the deputy. Yeah! I - I (shot the sheriff) - But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!

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I Shot The Sheriff Lyrics Meaning

All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down.
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.

Sheriff John Brown always hated me;
For what I don't know.
Every time that I plant a seed
He said, 'Kill it before it grows.'
He said, 'Kill it before it grows.'
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town.
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down.
So I shot, I shot him down.
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

Reflexes got the better of me
And what is to be must be.
Every day the bucket goes to the well,
But one day the bottom will drop out,
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.