I Shot The Sheriff

I SHOT THE SHERIFF

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REF. 1:    I shot the sheriff,     but I did not shoot the deputy. Oh no!
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1.   All around in my home town they're trying to track me down.
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    They say they want to bring me in guilty,  for the killing of a deputy,
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    for the killing of a deputy. But I say:

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REF. 2: I shot the sheriff,    but I swear it was in self-defence.
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REF. 2: I shot the sheriff,    but I swear it was in self-defence.
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2. Sheriff John Brown always hated me 	for what I don't know.
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    Every time that I plant a seed he said,  "Kill it before it grow,"
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    he said "Kill it before it grow." But I say:
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3. I shot the sheriff,    but I swear it was in self-defence, oh yeah!
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    I shot the sheriff,    but I swear it was in self-defence, oh yeah!
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    Freedom came my way one day, 	and I started out of town.
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    All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown, aiming to shoot me down.
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    So I shot, I shot him down. But I say:  + REFRAIN 2

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4.  Reflexes got the better of me, and what is to be must be.
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 Ev'ry day the bucket goes to the well,but one day the bottom will drop out,
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    yes one day the bottom will drop out. But I say:  + REFRAIN 1