I Shot The Sheriff - Live At The Rainbow Theatre, London / June 2, 1977

All around in my home town
They've been trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the life of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
But I say

It was I shot who the sheriff
But I swear it was in self-defense
It was I shot who the sheriff
And I swear it was in self-defense (woah)

Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know, now
Every time I plant a seed
He said, "Kill them before they grow"
He said, "Kill them before they grow, now"
And so, and so

Ipai, ipai, ipai, I shot the sheriff
Lord, I didn't shoot no deputy
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I, but I didn't shoot no deputy (hoo, hooo)

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, oh yes I, I shot him down
And I say, for guilty I'll pay

I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot the deputy
(Ooh)
It was I who shot the sheriff
But I, I didn't shoot the deputy
(Ooh, ooh)

Reflexes got the better of me
What is to be must be
Every day the bucket goes to the well
I tell you what, one day the bottom will drop out
And I bid, one day the bottom will drop out
And so, and so