# # # I SHOT THE SHERIFF # ================== # I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in selfdefence. 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," he said "Kill it before it grow." 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. Freedom came my way one day and I started (chordiearchive.chordie.com)