From: “Chicago”

Cell Block Tango

by

JOHN KANDER

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Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.

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LIZ: ANNIE: JUNE: HUNYAK:

VELMA: MONA: L: A: J: H:

V: M: L: A: J: H:

Moderate Tango

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N.C.

Fm

(bass drum)

(claves)

Pop Six Squish Uh - uh

Cic - er - o Lip - shitz Pop Six Squish Uh - uh

Cic - er - o Lip - shitz Pop Six Squish Uh - uh

Words by FRED EBB Music by JOHN KANDER

CELL BLOCK TANGO

Cell Block Tango

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V: M: L: A: J: H: V: M:

ALL (Except Hunyak):

L: A: J:

D 6 C+ Fm D 6 C+

C 7 ( 5 )

He had it

F

com - in’, he had it com - in’, he on - ly

had him - self to blame.

F 7

If you’d have

B

been there, if you’d have

B m

seen it, I bet - cha

D 7

you would have

C 7 ( 5 )

done

C 7

the

Fm

same.

2

3 3

3

3

(D.S.)

Cic - er - o Lip - shitz Pop Six Squish Uh - uh Cic - er - o Lip - shitz

Pop Six Squish

( )

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H: V: M: L: A: J: H: V: M:

(Except Speakers): ALL

D 6 C+ C Fm D 6 C+ C

C 7 ( 5 )

He had it

F

com - in’, he had it com - in’, he on - ly

had him - self to blame.

F 7

If you’d have

B / F

been there, if you’d have

seen

B m/ F

it, I bet - cha you

D 7

would have

C 7 ( 5 )

done the

C 7

same.

Fm

He

C 7 ( 5 )

had it

1.

3

3 3

3 3

3

3

(First time: Liz speaks her story) (D.S.: Annie speaks her story)

Uh - uh Cic - er - o Lip - shitz Pop Six Squish Uh - uh Cic - er - o Lip - shitz

( )

( )

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ALL: GROUP 1:

Fm

same. He

C 7 ( 5 )

had it

F

com - in’, he

C 7 ( 5 )

had it

F

com - in’, he

C 7 ( 5 )

on - ly

F

had him - self to blame.

F 7

C 7 ( 5 )

He had it

C 7 ( 5 )

He had it

2.

1.

2.

4

two warning shots into his head. shotgun off the wall and fired LIZ, spoken cue: So I took the

arsenic. some guys just can’t hold their ANNIE, spoken cue: You know,

D.S. (with repeats)

( ) ( )

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GROUP 2:

L:

F

com - in’, he had it com - in’, he took a flow - er in its prime.

F 7

And then he

B

used it, and he a

Bm

- bused it. It was a

D 7

mur - der, but

C 7 ( 5 )

not a

C 7 F m

crime.

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5

3

3

3

(June speaks her story)

(percussion)

Pop Six Squish Uh - uh Cic - er - o Lip - shitz Pop Six Squish

Uh - uh Cic - er - o Lip - shitz Pop Six

Squish Uh - uh Cic - er - o Lip - shitz Pop

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A: H: V: M:

L: A: H:

V: M: L:

All: F 7 9

If you’d have

B

been there, if you’d have

Last time

6

Six Uh - uh Cic - er - o Lip - shitz

Pop Six Uh - uh

Cic - er - o Lip - shitz Pop

ran into my knife ten times. he ran into my knife. He JUNE, spoken cue: And then

Repeat ad lib.

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Bm

seen it, I bet - cha you

D 7

would have done

C 7 ( 5 )

the

C 7

same.

F

B/ F Bm/ F D 7 / F

F m/ C C F

7

3

3

(Hunyak speaks her story)

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(Except Velma): ALL

VAMP

C 7 ( 5 )

He had it

F

com com

- in’, - in’,

he he

had had

it it

com com

- in’ - in’,

he he

on took

- ly a

had flow

him - er

-

self in

to its

F 7

blame. prime.

If And

you’d then

have he

8

(Velma speaks her story)

Uh-uh. Not guilty. HUNYAK, spoken cue:

( ) ( )

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VELMA:

ENSEMBLE:

B

been used

there, it,

Bm

if and

you’d he

have a

B

seen - bused

it, it.

Bm

I It

bet was

- cha a

D 7

you mur

would - der,

have but

C 7 ( 5 )

felt not

the a

C 7 F

same, crime.

F 6

F 7

He

F 6

had it

C 7 ( 5 )

They had it

F

com - in’,

They had it com

they

- in’,

had it com - in’,

they had it com

they

- in’,

had it

2. 1.

9 (2nd time: Stop at Velma’s line: “Veronica and Charlie doin’ number 17, The Spread Eagle.”)

washing the blood off my hands, I even knew they were dead! blacked out. I can’t remember a thing! It wasn’t until later, when I was Spoken (Velma continues): Well, I was in such a state of shock, I completely

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com

they

- in’

had it

all

com

a

- in’

- long.

F 7

all a - long.

I did - n’t

B

do it,

She did - n’t do

but

it,

if I’d

B m

done it,

but if she’d done

how

it...

could you

D 7

tell me that

C 7 ( 5 )

I was

C 7 Fm

wrong?

C 7 ( 5 )

They had it

F

com - in’,

They had it com

they

- in’,

had it com - in’,

they had it com

they

- in’,

had it

10

Cell Block Tango

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ALL (except Mona):

com

they

- in’

took a

all

flow

a

- er

- long.

F 7

in its prime.

I did - n’t

B

do it

And then they used

but

it...

if I’d

Bm

done it, how could you

D 7

tell me that

C 7 ( 5 )

I was

C 7 F m

wrong?

He had it

F

com - in’, he had it com - in’,

F ( 5 ) F

he on - ly had him - self to

11

(Mona speaks her story)

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ALL:

F 7

blame. If you’d have

B

been there,

if you’d have

Bm

seen it, I bet - cha

you

D 7

would have

C 7 ( 5 )

felt the

C 7 F m

same.

C 7 ( 5 )

The dirt - y

bum,

bum,

C 7 bum, bum, bum, bum, the

the

dirt

dirt - y

- y

12

3

saw himself alive and I saw him dead. broke up because of artistic differences. He MONA, spoken cue: I guess you could say we

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C 7

bum,

bum,

bum, bum, bum, bum. They had it

F

com - in’,

They had it com

they

- in’,

C 7 ( 5 )

had it

F

com - in’,

they had it com

they

- in’,

C 7 ( 5 )

had it

F

com

they

- in’

had it

all

com

a

- in’

- long.

F 7

all a - long.

’Cause if they

used

B

us

’Cause if they used

and

us

they a - bused

Bm

us,

and they a - bused

how

us,

could

could

you

you

D 7

tell

tell

us

us

that

that

C 7 ( 5 )

we

we

were

C 7

were

13

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L:

wrong?

F m

wrong?

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He had it

G

com - in’,

He had it com

he

- in,

D 7 ( 5 )

had it

G

com - in’,

he had it com

he

- in’,

D 7 ( 5 )

on - ly

G

had

he

him

on - ly

- self

had

to

him

blame.

G 7

- self to blame.

If

G 7 ( 9 )

you’d have

C

been there,

If you’d have been

if

there,

you’d have

Cm

seen it,

if you’d have seen

I

it,

bet

bet

- cha

- cha

E 7

you

you

would

would

have

have

D 7 ( 5 )

felt

felt

the

D 7

the

Gm

same.

same.

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14

8vb

one more time. Pop that gun

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A: J: H: V: M: L:

A: J: H: V:

M: ALL: D 7

I bet - cha

E 7

you would have done

D 7

the

Gm

same.

Film ending

Stage ending

15

3

3

my ass! Single,

times. Ten Uh-uh. #17, the Spread Eagle. Artistic differences. Pop

Six Squish Uh - uh Cic - er - o

Lip - shitz