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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1702305,"song":"Hurricane","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1702305-hurricane-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1702305?type=chord","rating":4.94251,"votes":113,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPistol shots ring out in the bar room 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\nShe sees the bartender in a pool of blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe cries out \"My God they killed them all\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHere comes the story of the Hurricane [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe man the authorities came to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor something that he never done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPut 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[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThree bodies lying 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 robbing the register, I hope you understand [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI saw them leaving\" he says and he stops[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne of us had better call up the cops[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd so Patty calls the cops [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd they arrive on the scene with their red lights [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFlashing on the hot New Jersey night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile somewhere in another part of town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRubin Carter and a couple of friends are driving around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe number 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] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen a cop pulled them over to the side of the road [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust 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\nLess you wanna draw the heat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\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 Dextor Bradley were just down prowling 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\nThey jumped in to a white car with out of state plates\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe cops 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\nAnd although the man could hardly see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe told them that he could identify the guilty man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFour in the morning and they hauled Rubin in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey took him to the hospital and brought him upstairs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe wounded man looked up through his one dying eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSays \"Why you bring him in for? He ain't the guy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYes, here is the story of the Hurricane [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe man the authorities came to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor something that he never done [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nPut 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[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFour months later the ghetto all in flame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRubin's in South America fighting for his name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile Author Dexter Bradley still in the robbery game[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the cops are putting the screws to him looking for someone to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Remember that murder that happened in the bar?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Remember you said you saw the getaway car?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"You 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\n\"Think it might have been that fighter that you saw runnin' that night\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Don't forget that you are white\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nArthur Dextor Bradley said \"I'm really not sure\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCops 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 talking to your friend Bello[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow you don't want to go back to jail, be a nice fellow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou'll be doing society a favor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat son of bitch is brave and getting braver[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe want to put his ass in a stir[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe 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[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\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\n\"It'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] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nUp to some paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere the trout streams flow and the air is nice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd ride a horse along the trail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nBut 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[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll 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] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo one doubted that he pulled the trigger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd 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[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRubin Carter was falsely tried [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe crime was murder one and guess who testified[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBello and Bradley and they both badly lied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the newspapers all went along for the ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHow can the life of such a man [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBe in the palm of some fool's hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo see him obviously framed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCouldn'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[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\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 sit 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] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's the story of the Hurricane [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut it won't be over 'til 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] \r\nPut 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[Ending]\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] .....","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm F Am F\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Ending]\nAm F Am F\nAm F Am F .....","chords":["Am","F","C","Dm","Em","G","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]}}}