Intro:Am..F..Am..F
AmPistol shots ring out in theFbarroom night
AmEnter Patty Valentine from theFupper hall
SheAmsees the bartender in aFpool of blood
AmCries out "My GodFthey killed them all!"
CHere comes the story of theFHurricane,
G CThe man the authoritiesFcame to blame
DmFor something that he neverCdone
DmPut in a prison cell butConeEmtime
He could haveAmbeen the
Fchampion of theCworldG
AmThree bodies lyin? thereFdoes Patty see
AmAnd another man named Bello,
Fmovin? around mysteriously
Am?I didn?t do it,? he says,
Fand he throws up his hands
Am?I was only robbin? the
Fregister, I hope you understand
CI saw them leavin? heFsays, and he stops
G C?One of us had better callFup the cops
DmAnd so Patty calls the copsC
DmAnd they arrive on the
CsceneEmwith their red lights flashin?
In the hotAmNew JerseyFnightC..G
AmMeanwhile, far away in
Fanother part of town
AmRubin Carter and a couple of
Ffriends are drivin? around
AmNumber one contender for the
Fmiddleweight crown
AmHad no idea what kinda shit
Fwas about to go down
CWhen a cop pulled him over
Fto the side of the road
G CJust like the time before
Fand the time before that
DmIn Paterson that?s just the
Cway things go
DmIf you?re black you might
CasEmwell not show up on the street
?Less youAmwanna drawFthe heatC..G
AmAlfred Bello had a partner
Fand he had a rap for the cops
AmHim and Arthur Dexter
FBradley were just out prowlin? around
AmHe said, ?I saw two men
Frunnin? out, they looked like middleweights
AmThey jumped into a white car
Fwith out-of-state plates?
CAnd Miss Patty Valentine
Fjust nodded her head
G CCop said, ?Wait a minute,
Fboys, this one?s not dead?
DmSo they took him to theCinfirmary
DmAnd though this man couldC Emhardly see
They told himAmthat he
cFould identify thCe guiltGy men
AmFour in the mornin? and theyFhaul Rubin in
AmTake him to the hospital
andFthey bring him upstairs
AmThe wounded man looks up
Fthrough his one dyin? eye
AmSays, ?Wha?d you bring him
Fin here for? He ain?t the guy!?
CYes, here?s the story ofFthe Hurricane
G CThe man the authoritiesFcame to blame
DmFor somethin? that he neverCdone
DmPut in a prison cell,
butConeEmtime he could-a been
The championAmof theFworldC..G
AmFour months later theFghettos are in flame
AmRubin?s in South America,
Ffightin? for his name
AmWhile Arthur Dexter
FBradley?s still in the robbery game
AmAnd the cops are puttin?
theFscrews to him lookin for somebody to blame
CRemember that murder thatFhappened in a bar?
G C?Remember you said
you sawFthe getaway car??
Dm?You think you?d like to
Cplay ball with the law??
DmThink it might-a been
CthatEmfighter that u saw runnin that night
Don?t forgetAmthat youFare white?C..G
