I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh!
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.)
Yeah! All around in my home town,
They're tryin' 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:
Oh, now, now. Oh!
(I shot the sheriff.) - the sheriff.
(But I swear it was in selfdefence.)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
I say: I shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
(And they say it is a capital offence.)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
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:
Read it in the news:
(I shot the sheriff.) Oh, Lord!
(But I swear it was in self-defence.)
Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)
I say: I shot the sheriff,
But I swear it was in selfdefence. (Oo-oh) Yeah!
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.
(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!
The song "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley suggests that the singer shot the sheriff but did not shoot the deputy.
The guy with the gun!
There were many: I shot the Sherriff, No woman no cry, Exodus, Three little birds, Stir it up ...
She shot you down by: Bang Bang
The lyrics Give Me One More Shot, are from a song with the same name by Alabama.
Rowan Sherriff was born in 1951.
This is such a common question for some reason... No, they did not. It has been performed by many artists (famously Bob Marley), but not 10cc.
One can find the lyrics of the song 'I Shot The Sheriff' on the SongFacts website. One can also find the song lyrics from sites like Metro Lyrics, Song Meanings and many more.
Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain was born in 1848.
Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain died in 1944.
Frederick Sherriff was born on 1889-03-08.
Frederick Sherriff died on 1943-01-31.