Chords for BOB DYLAN - HURRICANE - 1975 | With Lyrics

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[A] This little shot sprang out in her [F] fire room night.
[Am] _ Interpetive Valentine from the [F] upper hall.
_ She sees a bartender in a pool of blood.
Cries out, my God, [F] they've killed [C] them all.
[Gm] Here comes the story [F] of Eric Hayes.
[C] The man the authorities came to [D] pay
[Dm] for something that he'd [C] never done.
[Dm] Put in a prison [C] cell, but what time he could've [Am] been
the [Dm] champion of [C] the world.
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Three bodies lying [F] there, this pad ain't see.
And [A] another man named Bello [F] moving around mysteriously.
[Am] _ I didn't do what he [F] says, and he throws up his hands.
I [Am] was only robbing the register, [F] I hope you understand.
[D] _ [E] I saw them leave and he says, and he [C] stops.
What of us [F] that better call up the cops?
[Dm] _ As old Patty calls [C] the cops.
_ _ [Dm] Then we arrive [Am] on the [Em] scene with the red [Am] lights flashing
in a [F] hot New [C] Jersey night.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Meanwhile, far away [F] in another, _ _ [A] Ruben Carter and a couple of [F] friends
are driving around.
[Am] Number one contender [F] for the middleweight crown.
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That [F] shit was about to go [C] down when a cop pulled him over to [F] the side of the road.
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Just like the time [F] before and the time before that.
[Dm] In Paterson, that's just the way [C] things go.
_ [Dm] If you're black, you might as [Am] well not show up on the street.
Unless you're one of [C] the _ _ _ [G]
heaps.
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_ _ _ [A] There was Bello in a pot, [F] _
_ _ [Am] him and another Dexter Bradley were [F] just there prowling around.
[Am] He said I saw two men running [F] out, they looked like middleweights.
[Am] Jumped into a white [F] car without upstaged plates.
And this Patty Melantin just nodded her head.
[C] The cop said, wait a minute [F] boys, this one's not dead.
So [Dm] they took him to the [C]
infirmary.
_ _ [Dm] _ And though this man could [C] hardly see, he told [Am] me could I identify [C] the guilty man.
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[Am] Morning, [F] morning in a hall room in here.
[A] They took him to the hospital and [F] they brought him upstairs.
[A] The wounded man looks up to his [F] worn dying eye.
[Am] Say why'd you bring him in here, boy, [F] he ain't the [C] guy.
[G] Here's the story [F] of the hurricane.
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The man the authorities gave to blame.
[Dm] For something that he'd [C] never done. _
[Dm] But in a prison [C] cell, but one [Em] night, [Am] he could have been [Dm] the champion [C] of the world. _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ Moments later, [F] the ghettos are in flames.
[Am] Reuben's in South America [F] fighting for his name.
[Am] While other Dexter Bradley's still [F] in the robbery game.
[Am] And the cops are putting the screws in [F] him looking for somebody to blame.
[C] _ Remember that murder [F] that just happened in a bar?
[C] _ [N] Remember you said [F] you saw the getaway car?
[Dm] Thinking like a [C] playboy with the law.
_ [Dm] Thinking might have been that fighter that you [C] saw [Em] running that night.
[F] Don't forget that you [C] are white.
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[Am] My protection of Bradley said [F] I really not should.
[Am] The cops said a poor boy like [F] you can use a break.
We [Am] got you for the motel [F] job and you're talking to your friend [Am] Bello.
You don't want to have to go back to [F] jail, be a nice fellow.
[C] _ [G] You'll be doing [F] society a favor.
[C] That [A#] son of a bitch [F] is brave, [Am] getting braver.
[Dm] We want to put his [C] ass in stir. _
[Dm] _ We want to bid [C] this criminal [Em] murder on him.
[F] He ain't [C] no gentleman yet. _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] Reuben could take a man [F] out with just one punch.
[Am] But he never did like to talk about [F] it all that much.
[A] It's my work he'd say, [Dm] not do it [F] for pay.
[Am] And when it's over, [F] justice will go my [C] way.
Up [F] to some _ paradise.
[C] Where the trout [F] streams flow and the air is nice.
[Dm] And ride a horse [C] along the trail.
_ _ [Dm] But then they took him [C] to the _ jailhouse.
[F] Where they tried to turn a man [C] into a mouse.
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[A] All of Reuben's cards [F] were marked in advance.
The [A] trial was a pig circus, [F] he never had a chance.
[Am] The judge made Reuben's witnesses [F] drunk and smoked the slugs.
[A] To the white folks who watched, [F] he was a revolutionary [C] pearl.
And to the black [F] folks, he was just a crazy nigger.
_ No one doubted that he pulled the trigger.
[Dm] And no, they could not produce [C] the gun. _
[Dm] But the A.A. said he [C] was the one [Em] who did the deed.
[F] And the whole of Nigeria [C] _ agreed.
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ Reuben Carter [F] was falsely tried.
[Am] The crime was murder one, [F] guess who testified.
[Am] _ Beto and Bradley [F] and they both lost _ _ [Am] their newspapers.
They [F] all went along for the ride.
[C] _ _ [F#] Life [F] of such a man.
[C] Be in the palm [F] of some fool's hand.
[Dm] To see him [C] obviously framed.
_ [Dm] _ Couldn't help but make me [C] feel [Em] ashamed.
To live [Am] in a land [F] where justice is a [C] game.
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And while the criminals and the cults and their titans
[A] Are free to drink martinis [F] and watch the sun rise.
[Am] While Reuben sits like Buddha [F] in a ten foot cell.
[A] Living a sick man in [F] a living [D] hell.
Yes, that's the [F] story of _ Oricate.
But it won't be over till they clear his name.
[Dm] And give him back the time [C] he's done. _
[Dm] Put in a prison cell [C] but one [Em] time.
[E] He's gonna be the champion of [C] the world. _
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