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 F G Here comes the story of the 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 C G He could have been the champion of the world [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 2]Am F Three bodies lyin’ there does Patty seeAm F And another man named Bello, movin’ around mysteriouslyAm F “I didn’t do it,” he says, and he throws up his handsAm F “I was only robbin’ the register, I 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 Em Am And they arrive on the scene 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 F Number one contender for the middleweight crownAm F Had no idea what kinda shit was 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 C In Paterson that’s just the way things goDm C Em Am If you’re black you might as well not show up on the streetF C G ’Less you wanna draw the heat [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 4]Am F Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the copsAm F Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin’ aroundAm F He said, “I saw two men runnin’ out, they looked like middleweightsAm F Jumped into a white car with 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 C And though this man could hardly seeEm Am F C G They told him he could identify the guilty menContinúa después del anuncio[Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 5]Am F Four in the mornin’ and they haul Rubin inAm F They took him to the hospital and they brought him upstairsAm F The wounded man looks up through his one dyin’ eyeAm F "Say, why’d you bring him in here 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 Em Am Put in a prison cell, but one 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 F While Arthur Dexter Bradley’s still in the robbery gameAm F And the cops are puttin’ the screws 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 C You think you’d like to play ball with the law?Dm C Em Am Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin’ that night?F C G Don’t forget that you are white.” [Instrumental]| Am | F | Am | F | [Verse 7]Am F Arthur Dexter Bradley said, “I’m really not sure”Am F The cop said, “A poor boy like you could use a breakAm F We got you for the motel job and we’re talkin’ to your friend BelloAm F You don’t wanta have to go back to 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 Em Am We want to pin this triple 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 F But he never did like to talk about 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 C Em But then they took him to the jailhouseAm F C G Where they try to turn a man into 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 F The judge made Rubin’s witnesses drunkards from the slumsAm F To the white folks who watched he 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 C And though they could not produce the gunDm C Em Am The D.A. said he was the one who 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 C Em Am Couldn’t help but make me feel 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 F While Rubin sits like Buddha in a 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 Em Am Put in a prison cell, but one 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)
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