Riot In Cell Block #9 chords by The Robins

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July  the 2nd, 1953,
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I was servin' time for armed robbery.
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At four o in  the morning,
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I was sleepin' in my cell.
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I heard a whistle blow,
then I heard somebody yell,
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Now there's a ride goin'
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on
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There's a ride goin' on
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There's a ride goin' on
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Up in cell block number nine
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The trouble started in cell
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block number five
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And spread like fire across the prison floor I said,
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okay boys, I'm getting ready to run
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Here come the warden with the
Tommy gun
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There's a ride goin' on
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There's a ride goin' on
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There's a ride goin' on
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Up in cell block number nine
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The warden said,
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come out with your hands up in the air
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If you don't stop this riot,
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you all gonna get the chair
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Scarface
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Jones said it's too late to quit
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Pass the dynamite, cause the fuse is lit
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Now the riot goin' on
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Now the riot goin' on
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Now the riot goin' on
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I've been cell -blocked, I'm a thot
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In the 47th hour,
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the tear gas got our men
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We're all back in our cells,
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but every now and then
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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 ride goin' on
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Up in cell block number nine