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I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. Sheriff John Brown always hated me for what I don't know. Ev'ry time that I plant a seed he said "Kill it before it grow," But I say: CH. 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: CH. Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be must be. Ev'ry day the bucket goes to the well, but one day the bottom will drop out, yes one day the bottom will drop out. But I say:

Bob Marley - I Shot The Sheriff