I Shot The Sheriff - Live At The Lyceum, London/July 18,1975

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

You see
All around in my hometown
They are trying to track me down
They say they want to bring i in guilty
For the life of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
But I say

(It was I who shot) I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in self defense
Ooh, ooh, ooh
(Oh huh oh) I shot the sheriff
And they say it is a capital offense
Ooh, ooh
You see

Sheriff John Brown always hate me
For what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He'll say, "kill them before they grow
He'll say, "kill them before they grow now

And so eh, and so

I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
I didn't shot no deputy (no, no, no, no) Ooh, ooh, ooh
(It was I who shot) I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy (I didn't shoot no deputy now) ooh, ooh

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
And all of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown
He was aiming to shoot i down
So I shot, yes I shot, shot him down
And I say

I by, by, by
I shot the sheriff
Lord I didn't shoot no deputy
(It was I who) I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, ooh

Reflexes had the better of me
And what is to be must be
Every day the bucket goes to the well
One day the bottom a-go drop out
One day the bottom a-go drop out
And so

I ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba
I shot the sheriff
Lord I didn't shot no deputy
(It was I who shot the) I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, ooh

I say
Sheriff John Brown didn't like me
Huh, for what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said, "kill them before they grow
Stop them before they grow
And so

I could not stand it anymore
I read it in the news

(A trench town experience)
(A trench town experience)

If I am guilty I'll pay
(Eh, God bless you all)
(Till we see again)
(A trench town experience)