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