Hurricane chords by Bob Dylan (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 1
(A minor) Pistol shots ring out in the barroom (F major) night
(A minor) Enter Patty Valentine from the (F major) upper hall
(A minor) She sees a bartender in a (F major) pool of blood
(A minor) Cries out my God, they (F major) killed them all
(C major) Here comes the story of the (F major) Hurricane
(C major) The man the authorities came (F major) to blame
(D minor) For somethin' that he never (C major) done
(D minor) Put in a prison cell,
but (C major) one time (E minor) he could-a been (A minor)
The champion (F major) of the (C major) world (G major)
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Interlude 1
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 2
(A minor) Three bodies lyin' there does (F major) Patty see
And an (A minor) other man named Bello,
movin' around (F major) mysteriously
(A minor) I didn't do it, he says,
and he (F major) throws up his hands
I was (A minor) only robbin' the register,
I (F major) hope you understand
(C major) I saw them leavin', he says, (F major) and he stops
(C major) One of us had better call (F major) up the cops
(D minor) And so Patty calls the (C major) cops
(D minor) And they arrive on the scene (C major)
with (E minor) their red lights flashin' (A minor)
In the (F major) hot New Jersey (C major) night (G major)
Interlude 2
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 3
(A minor) Meanwhile, far away in another (F major) part of town
Rubin (A minor) Carter and a couple of friends (F major)
are drivin' around
(A minor) Number one contender
for the (F major) middleweight crown
Had (A minor) no idea what kinda shit
(F major) was about to go down
(C major) When a cop pulled him over
to the (F major) side of the road
(C major) Just like the time before
and the (F major) time before that
In (D minor) Paterson that's just the way things (C major) go
If (D minor) you're black you might as well
(C major) not show (E minor) up on the (A minor) street
'Less (F major) you want to draw (C major) the heat (G major)
Interlude 3
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 4
Al (A minor) fred Bello had a partner
and he had a rap (F major) for the cops
Him and (A minor) Arthur Dexter Bradley
were just out (F major) prowlin' around
He (A minor) said, I saw two men runnin' out,
they (F major) looked like middleweights
(A minor) Jumped into a white car
with (F major) out-of-state plates
(C major) And Miss Patty Valentine
just (F major) nodded her head
(C major) Cop said, wait a minute, boys,
this (F major) one's not dead
So they (D minor) took him to the infirmary (C major)
(D minor) And though this man could hardly (C major) see
They (E minor) told him that he could
i (A minor) dentify (F major) the guilty (C major) men (G major)
Interlude 4
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 5
(A minor) Four in the mornin' and they (F major) haul Rubin in
They (A minor) took him to the hospital
and they (F major) brought him upstairs
The (A minor) wounded man looks up
through his one (F major) dyin' eye
Says, (A minor) wha'd you bring him in here for?
(F major) He ain't the guy!
(C major) Here's the story of the (F major) Hurricane
(C major) The man the authorities came (F major) to blame
(D minor) For somethin' that he never (C major) done
(D minor) Put in a prison cell,
but (C major) one time (E minor) he could-a (A minor) been
The champion (F major) of the (C major) world (G major)
Interlude 5
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 6
(A minor) Four months later, the (F major) ghettos are in flame
Rubin (A minor) 's in South America, fightin' (F major) for his name
While Arthur (A minor) Dexter Bradley's
still in the (F major) robbery game
And the (A minor) cops are puttin' the screws to him,
lookin' (F major) for somebody to blame
(C major) Remember that murder
that (F major) happened in a bar
(C major) Remember you said
you saw the (F major) getaway car
You (D minor) think you'd like to play ball with (C major) the law
(D minor) Think it might-a been that fighter
that you saw (C major) runnin' (E minor) that night (A minor)
Don't forget (F major) that you are (C major) white (G major)
Interlude 6
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 7
(A minor) Arthur Dexter Bradley said I'm (F major) really not sure
The (A minor) cops said a poor boy like you
could (F major) use a break
We (A minor) got you for the motel job
and we're (F major) talkin' to your friend Bello
(A minor) You don't wanta have to go back to jail,
be (F major) a nice fellow
(C major) You'll be doin' society (F major) a favor
(C major) That sonofabitch is brave (F major) and gettin' braver
(D minor) We want to put his ass in (C major) stir
(D minor) We want to pin this triple (C major) murder (E minor)
on him, (A minor) he ain't (F major) no Gentleman (C major) Jim (G major)
Interlude 7
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 8
(A minor) Rubin could take a man out
with (F major) just one punch
But he (A minor) never did like to talk about
it all (F major) that much
It's my (A minor) work, he'd say, and I (F major) do it for pay
And (A minor) when it's over
I'd just as (F major) soon go on my way
(C major) Up to some paradise (F major)
(C major) Where the trout streams flow
and the (F major) air is nice
(D minor) And ride a horse along a (C major) trail
(D minor) But then they took him to the (C major) jailhouse (E minor)
Where they try (A minor) to turn a man (F major) into a (C major) mouse (G major)
Interlude 8
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 9
(A minor) All of Rubin's cards were marked (F major) in advance
The (A minor) trial was a pig-circus,
he (F major) never had a chance
The judge (A minor) made Rubin's witnesses
drunkards (F major) from the slums
To the (A minor) white folks who watched
he was a (F major) revolutionary bum
(C major) And to the black folks
he was just a (F major) crazy nigger
(C major) No one doubted that he (F major) pulled the trigger
(D minor) And though they could not produce the (C major) gun
(D minor) The D.A. said he was the (C major) one
who (E minor) did the deed (A minor)
And the all-white (F major) jury agreed (C major) (G major)
Interlude 9
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 10
(A minor) Rubin Carter was falsely (F major) tried
The (A minor) crime was murder one,
guess (F major) who testified
(A minor) Bello and Bradley and they (F major) both baldly lied
And (A minor) the newspapers,
they all went along (F major) for the ride
(C major) How can the life of such (F major) a man
(C major) Be in the palm of some (F major) fool's hand
(D minor) To see him obviously (C major) framed
(D minor) Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed (C major)
(E minor) to live in a land (A minor)
Where (F major) justice is a game (C major) (G major)
Interlude 10
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
Verse 11
Now (A minor) all the criminals
in their coats (F major) and their ties
Are (A minor) free to drink martinis
and (F major) watch the sun rise
While (A minor) Rubin sits like Buddha in a (F major) ten-foot cell
An (A minor) innocent man in a (F major) living hell
(C major) That's the story of the (F major) Hurricane
(C major) But it won't be over till they (F major) clear his name
(D minor) And give him back the time he's (C major) done
(D minor) Put in a prison cell,
but (C major) one time (E minor) he could-a (A minor) been
The champion (F major) of the (C major) world (G major)
Outro 1
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
(A minor) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
(D minor) (C major) (D minor) (C major) (E minor)
(A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major)
[Repeat and fade]
Hurricane
Bob Dylan
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