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  2. Live video. "I Shot the Sheriff" (1977 live) by Bob Marley and the Wailers on YouTube. " I Shot the Sheriff " is a song written by Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley and released in 1973 with his band the Wailers.

  3. Jun 27, 2022 · “I Shot the Sheriff” is a protest song written by Marley, who released the track in 1973 on the Bob Marley and the Wailers album, Burnin’. Of the song, Marley himself said, “I want to say I shot...

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  4. This song tells the story of a man who shoots a sheriff who had been harassing him, but is wrongly accused of killing the deputy. Marley said that some of the song is true, but would not say which parts.

  5. Bob Marley here tells a story from the point of view of a narrator who admits to having killed the local sheriff, and claims to be falsely accused of having killed the deputy .

  6. Apr 17, 2021 · You could read Bob Marley's 'I Shot the Sheriff' lyrics in several different ways -- several of which sound plausible. by Eric Schaal. Published on April 17, 2021. 2 min read. As Bob Marley...

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  7. "I Shot The Sheriff" was written and originally recorded by Bob Marley in 1973. Clapton heard it when a member of his band played the Bob Marley album for him and convinced him to record it. Eric Clapton was part of the seminal bands Cream, Blind Faith, The Yardbirds and Derek & The Dominos.

  8. I Shot the Sheriff Lyrics: I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy / I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy / All around in my home town / They're trying to track me down ...

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