Bab Dylan<\/p>\n
[Intro]\r\n \r\n| Am<\/span> | F<\/span> | x4\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n \r\nAm<\/span> F<\/span>\r\nPistol shots ring out in the barroom night\r\nAm<\/span> F<\/span>\r\nEnter Patty Valentine from the upper hall\r\nAm<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n She sees the bartender in a pool of blood\r\nAm<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n Cries out \"My God they killed them all!\"\r\n \r\nC<\/span> F<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n Here comes the story of the Hurricane\r\nC<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n The man the authorities came to blame\r\nDm<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n For something that he never done\r\nDm<\/span> C<\/span> Em<\/span>\r\n Put in a prison cell but one time \r\n Am<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nHe could have been the champion of the world\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am<\/span> | F<\/span> | Am<\/span> | F<\/span> |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n \r\nAm<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n Three bodies lyin\u2019 there does Patty see\r\n Am<\/span> F<\/span>\r\nAnd another man named Bello, movin\u2019 around mysteriously\r\nAm<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n \u201cI didn\u2019t do it,\u201d he says, and he throws up his hands\r\n Am<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n\u201cI was only robbin\u2019 the register, I hope you understand\r\nC<\/span> N.C. F<\/span> N.C. G<\/span>\r\n I saw them leavin\u2019,\u201d he says, and he stops\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n \u201cOne of us had better call up the cops\u201d\r\nDm C\r\n And so Patty calls the cops\r\nDm C Em Am\r\n And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin\u2019\r\n F C G\r\nIn the hot New Jersey night\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n \r\nAm F\r\nMeanwhile, far away in another part of town\r\n Am F\r\nRubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin\u2019 around\r\nAm F\r\nNumber one contender for the middleweight crown\r\n Am F\r\nHad no idea what kinda shit was about to go down\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n Just like the time before and the time before that\r\n Dm C\r\nIn Paterson that\u2019s just the way things go\r\n Dm C Em Am\r\nIf you\u2019re black you might as well not show up on the street\r\n F C G\r\n\u2019Less you wanna draw the heat\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n \r\n Am F\r\nAlfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops\r\n Am F\r\nHim and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowlin\u2019 around\r\n Am F\r\nHe said, \u201cI saw two men runnin\u2019 out, they looked like middleweights\r\nAm F\r\nJumped into a white car with out-of-state plates\u201d\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\nCop said, \u201cWait a minute, boys, this one\u2019s not dead\u201d\r\n Dm C\r\nSo they took him to the infirmary\r\nDm C\r\n And though this man could hardly see\r\n Em Am F C G\r\nThey told him he could identify the guilty men\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n \r\nAm F\r\n Four in the mornin\u2019 and they haul Rubin in\r\n Am F\r\nThey took him to the hospital and they brought him upstairs\r\n Am F\r\nThe wounded man looks up through his one dyin\u2019 eye\r\n Am F\r\n\"Say, why\u2019d you bring him in here for? He ain\u2019t the guy!\u201d\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n Yes, here\u2019s the story of the Hurricane\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n The man the authorities came to blame\r\nDm C\r\n For somethin\u2019 that he never done\r\nDm C Em Am\r\n Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been\r\n F C G\r\nThe champion of the world\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\n \r\nAm F\r\n Four months later, the ghettos are in flame\r\nAm F\r\nRubin\u2019s in South America fightin\u2019 for his name\r\n Am F\r\nWhile Arthur Dexter Bradley\u2019s still in the robbery game\r\n Am F\r\nAnd the cops are puttin\u2019 the screws to him lookin\u2019 for somebody to blame\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n \u201cRemember that murder that happened in a bar?\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n Remember you said you saw the getaway car?\r\n Dm C\r\nYou think you\u2019d like to play ball with the law?\r\nDm C Em Am\r\nThink it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin\u2019 that night?\r\n F C G\r\nDon\u2019t forget that you are white.\u201d\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 7]\r\n \r\nAm F\r\nArthur Dexter Bradley said, \u201cI\u2019m really not sure\u201d\r\n Am F\r\nThe cop said, \u201cA poor boy like you could use a break\r\n Am F\r\nWe got you for the motel job and we\u2019re talkin\u2019 to your friend Bello\r\nAm F\r\nYou don\u2019t wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n You\u2019ll be doin\u2019 society a favor\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n That sonofabitch is brave and gettin\u2019 braver\r\nDm C\r\n We want to put his ass in stir\r\nDm C Em Am\r\n We want to pin this triple murder on him\r\n F C G\r\nHe ain\u2019t no Gentleman Jim\u201d\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 8]\r\n \r\nAm F\r\nRubin could take a man out with just one punch\r\n Am F\r\nBut he never did like to talk about it all that much\r\n Am F\r\nIt\u2019s my work, he\u2019d say, I do it for pay\r\n Am F\r\nAnd when it\u2019s over I\u2019d just as soon go on my way\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n Up to some paradise\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice\r\nDm C\r\n And ride a horse along a trail\r\nDm C Em\r\n But then they took him to the jailhouse\r\n Am F C G\r\nWhere they try to turn a man into a mouse\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 9]\r\n \r\nAm F\r\nAll of Rubin\u2019s cards were marked in advance\r\n Am F\r\nThe trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance\r\n Am F\r\nThe judge made Rubin\u2019s witnesses drunkards from the slums\r\n Am F\r\nTo the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n No one doubted that he pulled the trigger\r\nDm C\r\n And though they could not produce the gun\r\n Dm C Em Am\r\nThe D.A. said he was the one who did the deed\r\n F C G\r\nAnd the all-white jury agreed\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 10]\r\n \r\nAm F\r\n Rubin Carter was falsely tried\r\n Am F\r\nThe crime was murder \u201cone.\u201d Guess who testified?\r\nAm F\r\n Bello and Bradley and they both baldly lied\r\nAm F\r\nAnd the papers, they all went along for the ride\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n How can the life of such a man\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n Be in the palm of some fool\u2019s hand?\r\nDm C\r\n To see him obviously framed\r\nDm C Em Am\r\n Couldn\u2019t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land\r\n F C G\r\nWhere justice is a game\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 11]\r\n \r\n Am F\r\nNow all the criminals in their coats and their ties\r\n Am F\r\nAre free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise\r\n Am F\r\nWhile Rubin sits like Buddha in a ten-foot cell\r\n Am F\r\nAn innocent man in a living hell\r\nC N.C. F N.C. G\r\n Yes, that\u2019s the story of the Hurricane\r\nC N.C. F N.C.\r\n But it won\u2019t be over till they clear his name\r\nDm C\r\nAnd give him back the time he\u2019s done\r\nDm C Em Am\r\n Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been\r\n F C G\r\nThe champion of the world\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n \r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n| C | F | C | F |\r\n| Dm | C | Dm | C Em | Am F | C | G |\r\n| Am | F | Am | F |\r\n| Am | F | Am | F | C\r\n (fade)\r\nX<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bab Dylan [Intro] | Am | F | x4 [Verse 1] Am F Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night Am F Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall Am F She sees the bartender in a pool of blood Am F Cries out “My God they killed them …