Hurricane Guitar Chords & Lyrics
By Bob Dylan · Accurate chord sheet on WokChords (Wok Chords)
Key
Am
1.0x
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Verse 1
Intro:
Am
..
F
..
Am
..
F
Am
Pistol
shots ring out in the
F
barroom
night
Am
Enter
Patty Valentine from the
F
upper
hall
She
Am
sees
the bartender in a
F
pool
of blood
Am
Cries
out "My God
F
they
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
Em
time,
He could have
Am
been
the
F
champion
of the
C
world
G
,
Am
Three
bodies lyin? there
F
does
Patty see
Am
And
another man named Bello,
F
movin?
around mysteriously
Am
?I didn?t do it,? he says,
F
and
he throws up his hands
Am
?I was only robbin? the,
F
register,
I hope you understand
C
I
saw them leavin? he
F
says,
and he stops
G
C
?One of us had better call
F
up
the cops,
Dm
And
so Patty calls the cops
C
Dm
And
they arrive on the,
C
scene
Em
with
their red lights flashin?
In the hot
Am
New
Jersey
F
night
C
..
G
,
Am
Meanwhile,
far away in
F
another
part of town,
Am
Rubin
Carter and a couple of
F
friends
are drivin? around,
Am
Number
one contender for the
F
middleweight
crown,
Am
Had
no idea what kinda shit
F
was
about to go down,
C
When
a cop pulled him over
F
to
the side of the road,
G
C
Just
like the time before
F
and
the time before that,
Dm
In
Paterson that?s just the
C
way
things go,
Dm
If
you?re black you might
C
as
Em
well
not show up on the street, ?Less you
Am
wanna
draw
F
the
heat
C
..
G
Am
Alfred
Bello had a partner,
F
and
he had a rap for the cops
Am
Him
and Arthur Dexter,
F
Bradley
were just out prowlin? around
Am
He
said, ?I saw two men
F
runnin?
out, they looked like middleweights
Am
They
jumped into a white car,
F
with
out-of-state plates?
C
And
Miss Patty Valentine,
F
just
nodded her head
G
C
Cop
said, ?Wait a minute,
F
boys,
this one?s not dead?
Dm
So
they took him to the
C
infirmary,
Dm
And
though this man could
C
Em
hardly
see
They told him
Am
that
he, c
F
ould
identify th
C
e
guilt
G
y
men
Am
Four
in the mornin? and they
F
haul
Rubin in
Am
Take
him to the hospital, and
F
they
bring him upstairs
Am
The
wounded man looks up,
F
through
his one dyin? eye
Am
Says,
?Wha?d you bring him,
F
in
here for? He ain?t the guy!?
C
Yes,
here?s the story of
F
the
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 been
The champion
Am
of
the
F
world
C
..
G
Am
Four
months later the
F
ghettos
are in flame
Am
Rubin?s
in South America,
F
fightin?
for his name
Am
While
Arthur Dexter,
F
Bradley?s
still in the robbery game
Am
And
the cops are puttin?
the
F
screws
to him lookin for somebody to blame
C
Remember
that murder that
F
happened
in a bar?
G
C
?Remember you said, you saw
F
the
getaway car??
Dm
?You think you?d like to,
C
play
ball with the law??
Dm
Think
it might-a been
C
that
Em
fighter
that u saw runnin that night
Don?t forget
Am
that
you
F
are
white?
C
..
G