I Shot the Sheriff - Live at The Royal Albert Hall, Rock Version

Oh, all around in my hometown
Oh, they're trying to track me down
And they say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
I say

I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot no depute
I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot no depute

Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what? I don't know
And every time that I plant a seed
He said "Kill it before it grows"
Ye, he said "Kill it before it grows"
And I say no

I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot no depute (no, no)
I shot the sheriff (yeah)
But I did not shoot no depute

Freedom came my way one day
I started out of town
All of a sudden I see Sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down
So I, oh I had to shot him down
But you can read it in the news

I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot no depute (no, no, no)
I shot the sheriff (yeah, he, he, he)
But I did not shoot no depute

(Oh) the reflexes got the better of me
(Oh) and what will be (oh) will be, yeah
(Oh) every day the bucket (oh) falls to the well
(Oh) but one day the bottom (oh) must drop out
I said one day (oh), one day the bottom must drop out
I say

I shot the sheriff
But I did not shoot no depute (he did not shoot no depute, he said)
I shot the sheriff (yeah)
But I did not shoot no depute

(Ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, yey)

(Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh)
(Wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh, wo-oh)
(I shot)