Hurricane
Bob Dylan
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Am F Pistol shots ring out in the barroom nightAm F Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hallAm F She sees the bartender in a pool of bloodAm F Cries out "My God they killed them all!"C Here comes the story of theF G HurricaneC F The man the authorities came to blameDm C For something that he never doneDm C Put in a prison cell but one timeAm F He could have been the champion ofC G the world [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 2]Am Three bodies lyin’ there doesF Patty seeAm And another man named Bello, movin’F around mysteriouslyAm “I didn’t do it,” he says, andF he throws up his handsAm “I was only robbin’ the register, IF hope you understand C N.C. F N.C. G I saw them leavin’,” he says, and he stops C N.C. F N.C. “One of us had better call up the cops”Dm C And so Patty calls the copsDm C And they arrive on the sceneEm Am with their red lights flashin’F C G In the hot New Jersey night [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 3]Am F Meanwhile, far away in another part of townAm F Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin’ aroundAm Number one contender for theF middleweight crownAm Had no idea what kinda shit wasF about to go down C N.C. F N.C. G When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road C N.C. F N.C. Just like the time before and the time before thatDm In Paterson that’s just the wayC things goDm If you’re black you might as wellC Em Am not show up on the streetF C G ’Less you wanna draw the heat [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 4]Am Alfred Bello had a partner and heF had a rap for the copsAm Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley wereF just out prowlin’ aroundAm He said, “I saw two men runnin’F out, they looked like middleweightsAm Jumped into a white car withF out-of-state plates” C N.C. F N.C. G And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head C N.C. F N.C. Cop said, “Wait a minute, boys, this one’s not dead”Dm C So they took him to the infirmaryDm And though this man could hardlyC seeEm Am F They told him he could identifyC G the guilty menContinúa después del anuncio[Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 5]Am F Four in the mornin’ and they haul Rubin inAm They took him to the hospital andF they brought him upstairsAm The wounded man looks up throughF his one dyin’ eyeAm "Say, why’d you bring him in hereF for? He ain’t the guy!” C N.C. F N.C. G Yes, here’s the story of the Hurricane C N.C. F N.C. The man the authorities came to blameDm C For somethin’ that he never doneDm C Put in a prison cell, but oneEm Am time he could-a beenF C G The champion of the world [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 6]Am F Four months later, the ghettos are in flameAm F Rubin’s in South America fightin’ for his nameAm While Arthur Dexter Bradley’s stillF in the robbery gameAm And the cops are puttin’ the screwsF to him lookin’ for somebody to blame C N.C. F N.C. G “Remember that murder that happened in a bar? C N.C. F N.C. Remember you said you saw the getaway car?Dm You think you’d like to play ballC with the law?Dm Think it might-a been that fighterC Em Am that you saw runnin’ that night?F C G Don’t forget that you are white.” [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 7]Am Arthur Dexter Bradley said, “I’mF really not sure”Am The cop said, “A poor boy like youF could use a breakAm We got you for the motel job andF we’re talkin’ to your friend BelloAm You don’t wanta have to go back toF jail, be a nice fellow C N.C. F N.C. G You’ll be doin’ society a favor C N.C. F N.C. That sonofabitch is brave and gettin’ braverDm C We want to put his ass in stirDm C We want to pin this tripleEm Am murder on himF C G He ain’t no Gentleman Jim” [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 8]Am F Rubin could take a man out with just one punchAm But he never did like to talk aboutF it all that muchAm F It’s my work, he’d say, I do it for payAm F And when it’s over I’d just as soon go on my way C N.C. F N.C. G Up to some paradise C N.C. F N.C. Where the trout streams flow and the air is niceDm C And ride a horse along a trailDm But then they took him to theC Em jailhouseAm F Where they try to turn a man intoC G a mouse [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 9]Am F All of Rubin’s cards were marked in advanceAm F The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chanceAm The judge made Rubin’s witnessesF drunkards from the slumsAm To the white folks who watched heF was a revolutionary bum C N.C. F N.C. G And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger C N.C. F N.C. No one doubted that he pulled the triggerDm And though they could notC produce the gunDm C The D.A. said he was the one whoEm Am did the deedF C G And the all-white jury agreed [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 10]Am F Rubin Carter was falsely triedAm F The crime was murder “one.” Guess who testified?Am F Bello and Bradley and they both baldly liedAm F And the papers, they all went along for the ride C N.C. F N.C. G How can the life of such a man C N.C. F N.C. Be in the palm of some fool’s hand?Dm C To see him obviously framedDm Couldn’t help but make me feelC Em Am ashamed to live in a landF C G Where justice is a game [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 11]Am F Now all the criminals in their coats and their tiesAm F Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun riseAm While Rubin sits like Buddha in aF ten-foot cellAm F An innocent man in a living hell C N.C. F N.C. G Yes, that’s the story of the Hurricane C N.C. F N.C. But it won’t be over till they clear his nameDm C And give him back the time he’s doneDm C Put in a prison cell, but oneEm Am time he could-a beenF C G The champion of the world [Otro]| Am | F | Am | F || Am | F | Am | F || C | F | C | F || Dm | C | Dm | C Em | Am F | C |G || Am | F | Am | F || Am | F | Am | F | C (fade)