[01:30.800]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[01:38.800]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[01:51.800]All around in my home town
[01:55.800]they're trying to track me down.
[02:00.800]They say they want to bring me in guilty
[02:04.800]for the killing of a deputy,
[02:09.800]for the life of a deputy.
[02:14.800]But I say
[02:21.800]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[02:31.800]I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence.
[02:42.800]Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
[02:46.800]for what I don't know.
[02:51.800]Every time that I plant a seed
[02:55.800]he said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[03:00.800]He said, 'Kill it before it grows'.
[03:05.800]But I say
[03:12.800]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[03:21.800]I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
[03:32.800]Freedom came my way one day
[03:37.800]and I started out of town.
[03:42.800]All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown
[03:47.800]aiming to shoot me down
[03:51.800]so I shot, I shot him down.
[03:56.800]But I say
[04:07.800]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[04:17.800]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[04:26.800]Reflexes got the better of me
[04:32.800]and what is to be, must be.
[04:36.800]Every day the bucket goes to well
[04:42.800]but one day the bottom wuill drop out,
[04:46.800]yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
[04:52.800]But I say
[04:58.800]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.
[05:07.800]I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy.