Riot In Cell Block Number Nine Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[D][G][D][G][D][G][D][G]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[G]July the second,
it was nineteen six[D]ty- three[G]
I was servin' [D]time [G]for armed
[D]robbery[G]
Four o'clock in the mornin',
I was layin' back in my [D]cell
[G]I heard the whistle blow then I
heard somebody yell

[Verse 2]
There's a [C]riot goin' [D]on
There's a [G]riot goin' on
[D]There's a riot [C]goin' on
[D]Down in cell [G]block number 9
[C]The riot

[Verse 3]
[D]sta[G]rted down in
cell [D]block number [G]4
Spread like wild fire across
the prison [D]floor
[G]Scar- face Jones said,
[C]"It[G]'s too late to [D]qui[Eb]t"[D][G]
Pass the dynamite 'cause
the fuse is lit

[Verse 4]
There's a [C]riot goin' [D]on
[G]There's a riot goin' on
[D]There's a riot [C]goin' on
[D]Down in cell [G]block number 9

[Verse 5]
[C]Y'all [D]got[G]ta stop that
stuff goin' on over there
[D]If [G]ya [C]don't sto[G]p that riot,
y'all gonna get the chair
[D]I said, "Hey [G]now boys,
get ready to run
Here come the [D]warden with[G]
an automatic gun"

[Verse 6]
There's a [C]riot goin' [F]on[C][D]
[Bb]There's a [G]riot goin' on
[D]There's a riot goin' on
[C]Down [G]in cell [D]block [G]num[C]ber [G]9[D][G]

[Verse 7]
In the forty- seventh hour the tear gas
It got our men
[D]We [G]are all back in our cells
But every now and then

[Verse 8]
There's a [C]riot goin' [D]on[C][D][Bb]
[G]There's a riot goin' on
[D]There's a riot goin' on
[C]Down in cell block number[G]9

[Outro 1]
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