Escrita por por Bob Marley, foi lançada no disco Burnin', em 19 de outubro de 1973. O narrador diz que agiu em legitima defesa quando um sherife veio tentar matá-lo. Foi regravada por Eric Clapton logo em 1974.
A letra:
(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, oo-ooh.)
Yeah!
All around in my home town,
They're tryin' to track me down;
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.) - the sheriff.
(But I swear it
was in selfdefence.)
Oh, no! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
I say: I
shot the sheriff - Oh, Lord! -
(And they say it is a capital
offence.)
Yeah! (Ooh, ooh, oo-oh) Yeah!
Sheriff John Brown
always hated me,
For what, I don't know:
Every time I plant a
seed,
He said kill it before it grow -
He said kill them before
they grow.
And so, and so:
Read it in the news:
(I shot
the sheriff.) Oh, Lord!
(But I swear it was in
self-defence.)
Where was the deputy? (Oo-oo-oh)
I say: I shot
the sheriff,
But I swear it was in selfdefence. (Oo-oh)
Yeah!
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of
town, yeah!
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
Aiming to
shoot me down,
So I shot - I shot - I shot him down and I say:
If
I am guilty I will pay.
(I shot the sheriff,)
But I say
(But I didn't shoot no deputy),
I didn't shoot no deputy (oh,
no-oh), oh no!
(I shot the sheriff.) I did!
But I didn't shoot
no deputy. Oh! (Oo-oo-ooh)
Reflexes had got the better of
me
And what is to be must be:
Every day the bucket a-go a
well,
One day the bottom a-go drop out,
One day the bottom a-go
drop out.
I say:
I - I - I - I shot the sheriff.
Lord, I
didn't shot the deputy. Yeah!
I - I (shot the sheriff) -
But I
didn't shoot no deputy, yeah! No, yeah!
A versão de Bob Marley and The Wailers:
A versão de Eric Clapton:
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