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i shoot the sherif::Gm i shot the sheriff, cm gm but i did not shoot the deputy.
Eb dm gm they say they want to bring me in guilty eb dm gm for the killing of a deputy, eb dm7 gm for the killing of a deputy.
Gm but i say: i shot the sheriff, but i swear it was in selfdefence.
I shot the sheriff, but i swear it was in selfdefence.
I shot the sheriff, but i swear it was in selfdefence.
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: i shot the sheriff, but i did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but i did not shoot the deputy.
Reflexes got the better of me and what is to be must be.