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, ooh Yeah



All around in my hometown

They're tryin' to track me down, yeah

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, but I swear it was in self defense

Ooh, ooh, ooh

I said, I shot the sheriff, Oh Lord

And they say it is a capital offense

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Hear this



Sheriff John Brown always hated me

For what I don't know

Ev'ry time I plant a seed

He said,