{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":14871,"song":"Hurricane","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11212519-hurricane-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/14871?type=chord","rating":4.86147,"votes":1366,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |  x4\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPistol shots ring out in the barroom night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEnter Patty Valentine from the upper hall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  She sees the bartender in a pool of blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Cries out \"My God they killed them all!\"[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Here comes the story of the Hurricane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  The man the authorities came to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  For something that he never done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Put in a prison cell but one time [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe could have been the champion of the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Three bodies lyin’ there does Patty see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd another man named Bello, movin’ around mysteriously[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  “I didn’t do it,” he says, and he throws up his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n“I was only robbin’ the register, I hope you understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   N.C.                  [ch]F[/ch]    N.C.          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I saw them leavin’,” he says, and he stops[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                   [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  “One of us had better call up the cops”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And so Patty calls the cops[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the hot New Jersey night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile, far away in another part of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin’ around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNumber one contender for the middleweight crown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHad no idea what kinda shit was about to go down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                             [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                             [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  Just like the time before and the time before that[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn Paterson that’s just the way things go[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you’re black you might as well not show up on the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n’Less you wanna draw the heat[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAlfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHim and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin’ around[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe said, “I saw two men runnin’ out, they looked like middleweights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJumped into a white car with out-of-state plates”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                         [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   N.C.                        [ch]F[/ch]   N.C.\r\nCop said, “Wait a minute, boys, this one’s not dead”[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo they took him to the infirmary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And though this man could hardly see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey told him he could identify the guilty men[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Four in the mornin’ and they haul Rubin in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey took him to the hospital and they brought him upstairs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe wounded man looks up through his one dyin’ eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Say, why’d you bring him in here for?  He ain’t the guy!”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                        [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Yes, here’s the story of the Hurricane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                   [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  The man the authorities came to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  For somethin’ that he never done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe champion of the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Four months later, the ghettos are in flame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRubin’s in South America fightin’ for his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile Arthur Dexter Bradley’s still in the robbery game[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the cops are puttin’ the screws to him lookin’ for somebody to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                      [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  “Remember that murder that happened in a bar?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                         [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  Remember you said you saw the getaway car?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou think you’d like to play ball with the law?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThink it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin’ that night?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon’t forget that you are white.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nArthur Dexter Bradley said, “I’m really not sure”[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe cop said, “A poor boy like you could use a break[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe got you for the motel job and we’re talkin’ to your friend Bello[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don’t wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                     [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  You’ll be doin’ society a favor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.               [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  That sonofabitch is brave and gettin’ braver[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  We want to put his ass in stir[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  We want to pin this triple murder on him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe ain’t no Gentleman Jim”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRubin could take a man out with just one punch[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut he never did like to talk about it all that much[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt’s my work, he’d say, I do it for pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when it’s over I’d just as soon go on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.      [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Up to some paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                                [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And ride a horse along a trail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  But then they took him to the jailhouse[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere they try to turn a man into a mouse[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll of Rubin’s cards were marked in advance[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe judge made Rubin’s witnesses drunkards from the slums[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                                [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                  [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  No one doubted that he pulled the trigger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And though they could not produce the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe D.A. said he was the one who did the deed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the all-white jury agreed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Rubin Carter was falsely tried[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe crime was murder “one.”  Guess who testified?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the papers, they all went along for the ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.               [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  How can the life of such a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.             [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  Be in the palm of some fool’s hand?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  To see him obviously framed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere justice is a game[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow all the criminals in their coats and their ties[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAre free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAn innocent man in a living hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                        [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Yes, that’s the story of the Hurricane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  N.C.                          [ch]F[/ch]  N.C.\r\n  But it won’t be over till they clear his name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd give him back the time he’s done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe champion of the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] |\r\n[tab]| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]F[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                    (fade)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n| Am | F |  x4\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n| Am | F | Am | F |\n| C  | F | C  | F |\n| Dm | C | Dm | C Em | Am F | C | G |\n| Am | F | Am | F |","chords":["Am","F","C","G","Dm","Em","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}