I shot the sherif But I didn't shoot the deputy  Oh No No I shot the sherif But I didn't shoot the deputy  Oh No No All around in my hometown They trying to track me down They say they wanna bring me in guilty For the killing of a deputy    For the life of a deputy,    but I say À l'unisson : I shot the sherif, but I swear it was in self-defense I shot the sherif, and they say it is a capital offense Sheriff john Brown always hated me, for what, I don't know Every time I plant a seed, he say kill it before it grow He say kill them before they grow and so... I shot the sherif, but I swear it was in self-defense I shot the sherif, and they say it is a capital offense Freedom came my way one day, and I started out of town, yeah all of a sudden I see sherif 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 sherif But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh No No I shot the sherif But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh No No Reflexes had the better of me, but what is to be must be Every day the bucket a-go-a-well, one day the bottom have a dropout one day the bottom have a dropout, so I say... I shot the sherif But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh No No I shot the sherif But I didn't shoot the deputy Oh No No