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[Am]Pistol shots ring out 
in the [F]barroom night
[Am]Enter Patty Valentine 
from the [F]upper hall
[Am]She sees the bartender 
in a [F]pool of blood
[Am]Cries out My God they 
[F]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 time
He could have [Am]been 
the [F]champion 
of the [C]world [G]

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[Am]Three bodies lyin there 
does [F]Patty see
And a[Am]nother man named Bello 
movin' a[F]round mysteriously
[Am]I didn't do 
it he says 
and he [F]throws 
up his hands
I was [Am]only 
robbin the register 
I [F]hope you understand
[C]I saw them leavin 
he [F]says and he stops[G]
[C]One of us had better 
ca[F]ll up the cops
[Dm]And so Patty 
calls the [C]cops
[Dm]And they arrive 
on the [C]scene 
with their [Em]red 
lights [Am]flashin
In the [F]hot 
New Jersey [C]night [G]

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[Am]Meanwhile far away 
in a[F]nother part of town
Rubin [Am]Carter 
and a couple of 
[F]friends are drivin' around
[Am]Number one contender 
for the [F]middleweight crown
Had [Am]no idea 
what kinda shit 
was a[F]bout to go down
[C]When a cop 
pulled him over 
to the [F]side of the road[G]
[C]Just like the 
time before 
and the [F]time 
before that
In [Dm]Paterson that's just 
the way things [C]go
If you'[Dm]re black you might 
as well [C]not show [
Em]up on the [Am]street
Less you [F]wanna 
draw the [C]heat [G]

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Alfred [Am]Bello had a partner 
and he had a [F]rap for the cops
Him and [Am]Arthur Dexter Bradley 
were just out [F]prowlin around
He [Am]said I saw 
two men runnin out 
they [F]looked 
like middleweights
[Am]Jumped into a white car 
with [F]out-of-state plates
[C]And Miss Patty Valentine 
just [F]nodded her head[G]
[C]Cop said Wait a 
minute boys 
[F]this one's not dead
So they [Dm]took him 
to the infirmar[C]y
[Dm]And though this 
man could hardly [C]see
They [Em]told 
him he could 
[Am]identif[F]y the 
guilty [C]men [G]

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[Am]Four in the mornin
and they [F]haul Rubin in
They [Am]took him 
to the hospital 
and they [F]brought him upstairs
The [Am]wounded man looks up 
through his [F]one 
dyin eye
Say [Am]why'd you 
bring him in here for 
He [F]ain't the guy
[C]Yes here's the story 
of the [F]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 [Am]been
The [F]champion of 
the [C]world [G]

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[Am]Four months later 
the [F]ghettos are in flame
[Am]Rubin's in 
South America 
[F]fightin for his name
While [Am]Arthur 
Dexter Bradley's 
still in the [F]robbery game
And the [Am]cops are 
puttin the screws 
to him lookin for 
[F]somebody to blame
[C]Remember that murder 
that [F]happened in a bar[G]
[C]Remember you said you 
saw the [F]getaway car
You [Dm]think you'd like to 
play ball with the [C]law
[Dm]Think it might-a 
been that fighter 
that you [C]saw [Em]runnin 
that [Am]night
Don't for[F]get that 
you are [C]white” [G]

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[Am]Arthur Dexter Bradley said 
I'm [F]really not sure
The [Am]cop said 
A poor boy like you 
could [F]use a break
We [Am]got you for the 
motel job 
and we're [F]talkin to 
your friend Bello
[Am]You don't wanta have to 
go back to jail 
[F]be a nice fellow
[C]You'll be doin' 
society a [F]favor[G]
[C]That sonofabitch is 
[F]brave and gettin braver
[Dm]We want to put his 
ass in s[C]tir
[Dm]We want to pin 
this triple 
[C]mur[Em]der on [Am]him
He [F]ain't no Gentleman [C]Jim[G]

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[Am]Rubin could take a man 
out with [F]just one punch
But he [Am]never did like to 
talk about it [F]all that much
It's my [Am]work 
he'd say I [F]do it for pay
And [Am]when it's over 
I'd just as [F]soon go on my way
[C]Up to some [F]paradise[G]
[C]Where the trout streams 
flow and the [F]air is nice
[Dm]And ride a horse 
along a [C]trail
[Dm]But then they took him 
to the [C]jail[Em]house
Where they [Am]try to turn a 
[F]man into a [C]mouse [G]

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[Am]All of Rubin's cards were 
[F]marked in advance
The [Am]trial was a pig-circus 
he [F]never had a chance
The [Am]judge made 
Rubin's witnesses 
[F]drunkards from the slums
To the [Am]white folks 
who watched 
he was a [F]revolutionary bum
[C]And to the black folks 
he was just a [F]crazy nigger[G]
[C]No one doubted that 
he [F]pulled the trigger
[Dm]And though they 
could not produce the [C]gun
The [Dm]DA said he was the 
[C]one who [Em]did the [Am]deed
And the [F]all-white 
jury a[C]greed [G]

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[Am]Rubin Carter was 
[F]falsely tried
The [Am]crime was murder one
[F]Guess who testified
[Am]Bello and Bradley and 
they [F]both baldly lied
[Am]And the papers 
they all went a[F]long 
for the ride
[C]How can the life of 
[F]such a man[G]
[C]Be in the palm of 
[F]some fool's hand
[Dm]To see him obviously [C]framed
[Dm]Couldn't help but 
make me 
feel a[C]shamed to 
[Em]live in a [Am]land
Where [F]justice is a [C]game [G]

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Now [Am]all the criminals 
in their [F]coats and their ties
Are [Am]free to 
drink martinis 
and [F]watch the sun rise
While [Am]Rubin sits 
like Buddha 
in a [F]ten-foot cell
An [Am]innocent man in a 
[F]living hell
[C]Yes that's the story 
of the [F]Hurricane[G]
[C]But it won't be over 
till they [F]clear his name
[Dm]And give him back the 
time he's [C]done
[Dm]Put in a prison cell 
but [C]one [Em]time he 
could-a [Am]been
The [F]champion 
of the [C]world [G]
 
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