Riot In Cell Block Number Nine

G Bb G Bb C 8x G Bb G Bb C On July second, 1953 G Bb G Bb C I was serving time for armed robbery G Bb G Bb C 'Bout four in the morning G Bb G Bb C I was sleepin' in my cell I heard a whistle blow, I heard somebody yell F There's a riot goin' on C There's a riot goin' on G There's a riot goin' on F Up in cell block number nine G Bb G Bb C The trouble started in cell block number four G Bb G Bb C It spread like fire across the prison floor G Bb G Bb C I said "Come on boys, get ready to run - Here comes the warden with a tommy gun" F There's a riot goin' on C There's a riot goin' on G There's a riot goin' on F Up in cell block number nine The warden said G Bb G Bb C "Come out with your hands up in the air If you don't stop this riot G Bb G Bb C You're all gonna get the chair" G Bb G Bb C Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit And pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit" F There's a riot goin' on C There's a riot goin' on G There's a riot goin' on F Up in cell block number nine The ninety-second hour G Bb G Bb C The tear gas got our men Crawled in our cells, but every now and then... F There's a riot goin' on C There's a riot goin' on G There's a riot goin' on F Up in cell block number nine