[01:05.300]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[01:13.300]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[01:26.300]All around in my home town
[01:30.300]they're trying to track me down.
[01:35.300]They say they want to bring me in guilty
[01:39.300]for the killing of a deputy,
[01:44.300]for the life of a deputy.
[01:49.300]But I say
[01:56.300]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[02:06.300]I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence.
[02:17.300]Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
[02:21.300]for what I don't know.
[02:26.300]Every time that I plant a seed
[02:30.300]he said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[02:35.300]He said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[02:40.300]But I say
[02:47.300]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[02:56.300]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[03:07.300]Freedom came my way one day
[03:12.300]and I started out of town.
[03:17.300]All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
[03:22.300]aiming to shoot me down
[03:26.300]so I shot, I shot him down.
[03:31.300]But I say
[03:42.300]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[03:52.000]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[04:01.000]Reflexes got the better of me
[04:07.000]and what is to be, must be.
[04:11.000]Every day the bucket goes to well
[04:17.000]but one day the bottom wuill drop out,
[04:20.100]yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
[04:25.800]But I say
[04:31.800]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[04:40.800]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.