Wanda Jackson – Riot In Cell Block Number Nine (Guitar)

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On July the Second, 1953

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I was Serving Time in Tehachapi

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4 o'clock in the mornin i was sleepin in my cell

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I heard a whistle blow

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and i heard somebody yell

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There's a riot goin'on

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There's a riot goin' on

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There's a riot goin' on

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Up in Cell Block number nine

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The Trouble all started up in cell block number 4

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It spread like fire across the prison floor

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Warden came in with a big Tommy Gun

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Bang-bang-bang, tryin' to stop our fun

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Now There's a riot goin'on

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There's a riot goin' on

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There's a riot goin' on

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Up in Cell Block number nine

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The warden said, come out

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With your hands up in the air

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If you don't stop this riot

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You're all gonna get the chair

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Two-gun mathilda said its

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Too late to quit

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Pass the dynamite Molly

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'Cause now it's gettin lit

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There's a riot goin'on

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There's a riot goin' on

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There's a riot goin' on

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Up in Cell Block number nine

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They called the state malitia

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To help them win the fight

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Drove up to the prison

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In the middle of the night

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Each and every trooper

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He looked so tall and fine

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All the chicks went crazy

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Up in Cell Block number nine

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There's a riot goin'on

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There's a riot goin' on

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There's a riot goin' on

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Up in Cell Block number nine