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
Copyright © 1975 by Unichappell Music Inc. and Kander & Ebb, Inc. All Rights Administered by Unichappell Music Inc.
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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
( )
( )
Cell Block Tango
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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)
( ) ( )
Cell Block Tango
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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.
N.C.
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
Cell Block Tango
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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?
N.C.
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.
N.C.
14
8vb
one more time. Pop that gun
Cell Block Tango
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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