I Shot The Sheriff

I shot the sheriff
 But I did not shoot the deputy
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 I shot the sheriff
 But I didn't shoot the deputy
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 All around in my hometown
 They're trying to track me down
 They say they want to bring me in guilty
 For the killing of the deputy
 For the life of a deputy
 But I said
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 I shot the sheriff
 But I swear it was in self defense
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 I shot the sheriff
 And they say it is a capital offense
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 Sheriff John Brown always hated me
 For what? I don't know
 And every time that I plant a seed
 He said "Kill it before it grows"
 He said "Kill it before it grows"
 I said
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 I shot the sheriff
 But I swear it was in self defense
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 I shot the sheriff
 But I swear it was in self defense
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 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
 And I said
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 I shot the sheriff
 But I did not shoot the deputy
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 I shot the sheriff
 But I didn't shoot the deputy
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 Reflexes got the better of me
 And what is to be must be
 Every day the bucket falls to the well
 But one day the bottom will drop out
 Yes, one day the bottom will drop out
 I said
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 I shot the sheriff
 But I didn't shoot the deputy
 Oh no
 I shot the sheriff
 But I did not shoot no deputy
 Oh no