Dr. Feelgood – Riot In Cell Block Number Nine (Guitar)

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[Intro] G Bb G Bb C x8 [Verse]

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On July second, 1953

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I was serving time for armed robbery

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'Bout four in the morning

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I was sleepin' in my cell

I heard a whistle blow, I heard somebody yell [Chorus]

C
There's a riot goin' on

G
There's a riot goin' on

D
There's a riot goin' on

C                       G
Up in cell block number nine

[Verse]

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The trouble started in cell block number four

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It spread like fire across the prison floor

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I said "Come on boys, get ready to run -

Here comes the warden with a tommy gun" [Chorus]

C
There's a riot goin' on

G
There's a riot goin' on

D
There's a riot goin' on

C                       G
Up in cell block number nine

[Verse] The warden said

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"Come out with your hands up in the air

If you don't stop this riot

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You're all gonna get the chair"

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Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit

And pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit" [Chorus]

C
There's a riot goin' on

G
There's a riot goin' on

D
There's a riot goin' on

C                       G
Up in cell block number nine

[Verse] The ninety-second hour

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The tear gas got our men

Crawled in our cells, but every now and then... [Outro]

C
There's a riot goin' on

G
There's a riot goin' on

D
There's a riot goin' on

C                       G
Up in cell block number nine