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] |