Hurricane
Intro:[Am] ..[F] ..[Am] ..[F]
[Am] Pistol shots ring out in the[F] barroom night
[Am] Enter Patty Valentine from the[F] upper hall
She[Am] sees the bartender in a[F] pool of blood
[Am] Cries out "My God[F] they killed them all!"
[C] Here comes the story of the[F] Hurricane,
[G] [C] The man the authorities[F] came to blame
[Dm] For something that he never[C] done
[Dm] Put in a prison cell but[C] one[Em] time
He could have[Am] been the
[F] champion of the[C] world[G]
[Am] Three bodies lyin? there[F] does Patty see
[Am] And another man named Bello,
[F] movin? around mysteriously
[Am] ?I didn?t do it,? he says,
[F] and he throws up his hands
[Am] ?I was only robbin? the
[F] register, I hope you understand
[C] I saw them leavin? he[F] says, and he stops
[G] [C] ?One of us had better call[F] up the cops
[Dm] And so Patty calls the cops[C]
[Dm] And they arrive on the
[C] scene[Em] with their red lights flashin?
In the hot[Am] New Jersey[F] night[C] ..[G]
[Am] Meanwhile, far away in
[F] another part of town
[Am] Rubin Carter and a couple of
[F] friends are drivin? around
[Am] Number one contender for the
[F] middleweight crown
[Am] Had no idea what kinda shit
[F] was about to go down
[C] When a cop pulled him over
[F] to the side of the road
[G] [C] Just like the time before
[F] and the time before that
[Dm] In Paterson that?s just the
[C] way things go
[Dm] If you?re black you might
[C] as[Em] well not show up on the street
?Less you[Am] wanna draw[F] the heat[C] ..[G]
[Am] Alfred Bello had a partner
[F] and he had a rap for the cops
[Am] Him and Arthur Dexter
[F] Bradley were just out prowlin? around
[Am] He said, ?I saw two men
[F] runnin? out, they looked like middleweights
[Am] They jumped into a white car
[F] with out-of-state plates?
[C] And Miss Patty Valentine
[F] just nodded her head
[G] [C] Cop said, ?Wait a minute,
[F] boys, this one?s not dead?
[Dm] So they took him to the[C] infirmary
[Dm] And though this man could[C] [Em] hardly see
They told him[Am] that he
c[F] ould identify th[C] e guilt[G] y men
[Am] Four in the mornin? and they[F] haul Rubin in
[Am] Take him to the hospital
and[F] they bring him upstairs
[Am] The wounded man looks up
[F] through his one dyin? eye
[Am] Says, ?Wha?d you bring him
[F] in here for? He ain?t the guy!?
[C] Yes, here?s the story of[F] the Hurricane
[G] [C] The man the authorities[F] came to blame
[Dm] For somethin? that he never[C] done
[Dm] Put in a prison cell,
but[C] one[Em] time he could-a been
The champion[Am] of the[F] world[C] ..[G]
[Am] Four months later the[F] ghettos are in flame
[Am] Rubin?s in South America,
[F] fightin? for his name
[Am] While Arthur Dexter
[F] Bradley?s still in the robbery game
[Am] And the cops are puttin?
the[F] screws to him lookin for somebody to blame
[C] Remember that murder that[F] happened in a bar?
[G] [C] ?Remember you said
you saw[F] the getaway car??
[Dm] ?You think you?d like to
[C] play ball with the law??
[Dm] Think it might-a been
[C] that[Em] fighter that u saw runnin that night
Don?t forget[Am] that you[F] are white?[C] ..[G]
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He could have
In the hot
?Less you
They told him
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and
but
The champion
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you saw
Don?t forget