I shot the sheriff

 

 

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Refr I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy, ohohoh.
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I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy, ohohoh.

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1. All around in my hometown, they’re trying to track me down.
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They say they wanna bring me in guilty for the killing of a deputy,
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for the life of a deputy, but I say…

 

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Ref2 I shot the sheriff but I swear it was in self-defence.
I shot the sheriff and they say it is a capital offence.

2. Sheriff John Brown always hated me, for what I don’t know.
Every time I plant a seed, he say: Kill it before it grows.
He says: Kill them before they grow, and I say…

 

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3. Freedom came my way one day and I started out of town.
All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown aiming to shoot me down
so I shot, I shot him down. But I say…

 

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4. Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be, must be.
Every day the bucket goes to well but one day the bottom will drop out,
yes, one day the bottom will drop out. But I say

 

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