Key: A minor•
Verse 1
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July the second,
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it was nineteen sixty- three
I was servin' time for armed
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robbery
Four o'clock in the mornin',
I was layin' back in my cell
I heard the whistle blow then I
heard somebody yell
Verse 2
There's a riot goin' on
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Down in cell block number 9
Verse 3
The riot started down in cell block
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number 4
Spread like wild fire across
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the prison floor
Scar- face Jones said,
"It's too late to quit"
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Pass the dynamite 'cause
the fuse is lit
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There's
Verse 4
a riot goin' on
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Down in cell block number
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9
Verse 5
goin' on over there
If ya don't stop that riot,
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get ready to run
an automatic gun"
Verse 6
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Down in cell block number 9
Verse 7
But every now and then
Verse 8
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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
Outro 1
Down in cell block number 9
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