Cell Block Tango original guitar chords by
Catherine Zeta-jones
Chicago 
Key: F minor•
Intro 1
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh! Cicero, Lipschitz!
And now, the six merry murderesses
of the Cook County Jail
In their rendition of 'The Cell Block Tango'!
Cicero, Lipschitz!
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh! Cicero, Lipschitz!
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh! Cicero, Lipschitz!
Gm7b5
C7#5
C7
Uh uh! Cicero, Lip schitz!
Gm7b5
C7#5
C7
Uh uh! Cicero, Lip schitz!
Chorus 1
F
C7
F
He had it coming, he had it coming
C7
F
F7
He only had himself to blame!
Bb
Bbm
If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it
Db7
C7
I betcha you would have done the
Interlude 1
Gm7b5
C7#5
C7
Uh uh! Cicero, Lip schitz!
Gm7b5
C7#5
C7
Uh uh! Cicero, Lip schitz!
Verse 1
F
C7
You know how people have these little habits
C7
F
Like... Bernie!
Bb/F
Bbm/F
No, not chew, pop!
C7
F
and I'm really irritated
C7
F
And I'm looking for a little sympathy
C7
F
drinking a beer and chewing
F7
Bb/F
No, not chewing, popping!
So, I said to him, I said
Bbm/F
Db7
C7
F
"You pop that gum one more time",
C7
F
and he did
C7
F
So I took the shotgun off the wall
C7
F
and I fired two warning shots
Chorus 2
F
C7
F
He had it coming, he had it coming
C7
F
F7
He only had himself to blame!
Bb
Bbm
If you'd have been there, if you'd have heard it
Db7
C7
I betcha you would have done the
Interlude 2
Fm
Gm7b5
C7#5
C7
(same)
Fm
Gm7b5
C7#5
C7
Verse 2
F
C7
(He had it coming) I met Ezekiel Young
F
C7
F
from Salt Lake City about two years ago
C7
F
I'd mix him a drink, we'd have dinner
C7
F
C7
F
(He had it coming) And then I found out
C7
F
F7
Single he told me? Single my ass!
Db7
C7
F
One of those Mormons, you know?
C7
F
So that night, when he came home from work
C7
F
C7
I mixed him his drink as usu al
F
F7
(...had himself to blame)
You know, some guys just
can't hold their arsenic!
Chorus 3
C#7#5
F#
He had it coming (cicero)
C#7#5
F#
F#7
He took a flower in its prime!
B
Bm
And then he used it and he abused it
D7
C#7#5
C#7
F#m
It was a murder, but not a crime!
Verse 3
Cicero, Lipschitz!
Now, I'm standing in the kitchen
I'm carving up the chicken for dinner
Minding my own business,
and in storms my husband
Wilbur in a jealous rage
"You been screwing the milkman!" he said
He was crazy, and he kept on screaming,
"You been screwing the milkman!"
And then he ran into my knife
He ran into my knife ten times
B
Bm
If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it
D7
C#7#5
C#7
I betcha you would have done the
Bridge 1
Azt mondják, a híres lakóm lefogta a férjem,
én meg lecsaptam a fejét
Nem tudom, miért mondja Uncle Sam,
hogy én tettem
F#m/C#
C#
Próbáltam
de nem értették meg
Yeah, but did you do it?
Uh uh, not guilty!
Verse 4
My sister, Veronica and I had this double act
And my husband, Charlie,
travel around with us
Now, for the last number in our act,
we did these 20 acrobatic tricks in a row
C#7#5
C#7
having a few laughs
so I got out to get some
I come back, open the door
And there's Veronica and Charlie
doing number seventeen, the spread eagle!
Well, I was in such a state of shock
I completely blacked out,
I can't remember a thing
It wasn't until later,
when I was washing the blood off my hands,
I even knew they were dead!
Chorus 4
F
F7
They had it coming all along!
Bbm
But if I'd done it (but if she'd done it)
C7#5
C7
Fm
that I was wrong?
Fm/G
Fm/Ab
Bbm
Db7#5
Chorus 5
F#
F#7
They had it coming all along
C#7#5
C#7
F#m
that I was wrong?
Verse 5
F#
(He had it coming) I loved Alvin Lipschitz
More than I can possibly say
He was a real artistic guy,
F#7
He'd go out every night looking for himself,
and on the way
C#7
F#
He saw himself as alive
And I saw him dead!
Chorus 6
F#
F#7
They had it coming all along!
C#7#5
C#7
F#m
that we were wrong?
Chorus 7
D7
G
He had it coming (he had it coming)
D7
G
G7
He only had himself to blame!
D#7
D7#5
D7
I betcha you would have done the
Outro 1
Ten times
Number seventeen, the spread eagle!
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh! Cicero, Lipschitz!
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ChordsFm Gm7b5 C7#5 C7 F...
Fm
Gm7b5
C7#5
C7
F
F7
Bb
Bbm
Db7
Bb/F
Bbm/F
F#
C#7#5
F#7
B
Bm
D7
C#7
F#m
B/F#
F#dim7
F#m/C#
C#
Fm/G
Fm/Ab
Db7#5
F#aug
G
G7
C
Cm
D#7
D7#5
Gm
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Fm
Gm7b5
C7#5
C7
F
F7
Bb
Bbm
Db7
Bb/F
Bbm/F
F#
C#7#5
F#7
B
Bm
D7
C#7
F#m
B/F#
F#dim7
F#m/C#
C#
Fm/G
Fm/Ab
Db7#5
F#aug
G
G7
C
Cm
D#7
D7#5
Gm
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