SONG: Cell Block Tango
ARTIST: John Kander and Fred Ebb

From the musical, Chicago

*NOTE: the girls' stories are told over and between the main chorus 

Pop.

Six.

Squish.

Uh-Uh.

Cicero.

Lipschitz!

Pop.

Six.

Squish.

Uh-Uh.

Cicero.

Lipschitz!

Fm
Pop. Six. Squish. Uh-Uh.
C#6  -  C+ -
Cicero. Lipschitz!
Fm
Pop. Six. Squish. Uh-Uh.
C#6  -  C+   -   C7 -
Cicero. Lipschitz!


          F
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
                            F7
He only had himself to blame.
              Bb
If you'd have been there
              Bbm
If you'd have seen it
         C#7            C7   -  Fm
I betcha you would have done the same!
                  C#6 -
Pop. Six. Squish. Uh-Uh.
        C+   -   Fm
Cicero. Lipschitz!
                  C#6 -
Pop. Six. Squish. Uh-Uh.
        C+   -   C7 -
Cicero. Lipschitz!


          F
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
                            F7
He only had himself to blame.
              Bb/F
If you'd have been there
              Bbm/F
If you'd have seen it
         C#7            C7   -  Fm
I betcha you would have done the same!

   C7+ -- F
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
                            F7
He only had himself to blame.
              Bb/F
If you'd have been there
              Bbm/F
If you'd have seen it
         C#7            C7   -  Fm
I betcha you would have done the same!


   C7+ -- F
He had it coming
   C7+ -- F
He had it coming
   C7+--F                    F7
He only had himself to blame.

C7
              Bb/F
If you'd have been there
              Bbm/F
If you'd have seen it
         C#7            C7   -  Fm
I betcha you would have done the same!

C#7+ -

          F#
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
                            F#7
He took a flower in its prime.
            B
And then he used it
        Bm
and he abused it
         D7          C#7+ -F#m
It was a murder, but not a crime!


F#7#9 -

              B
If you'd have been there
              Bm
If you'd have seen it
         D7             C#7+  -  F# (4 bars)
I betcha you would have done the same!

B 
B
D7/F# (2 bars)
F#m/C# - C# - F# (4 bars) 

C#7+

          F#
He had it comin', 
He had it comin', 
                       F#7
He only had himself to blame
              B          Bm
If you'd have been there
              B       Bm
If you'd have seen it
         D7             C#7+     F#m - F#6 - F#7 - 
I betcha you would have felt the same!

   F#6 -  F#
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
                        F#7
He took a flower in its prime.
            B       Bm
And then he used it
        B       Bm
and he abused it
         D7          C#7+  F# - F#6
It was a murder, but not a crime!


C7 -

            F
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin' all along
F7
All along
         Bb
I didn't do it
She didn't do it
           Bbm
But if I'd done it
But if she'd done it
              C#7     -    C7 - Fm
How could you tell me that I was wrong

C#7+ -

            F#
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin' all along
                     F#7
(they took a flower) in its prime
         B
I didn't do it.
And then they used it
           Bm
but if I'd done it
              D7     -     C#7+ -F#m
How could you tell me that I was wrong
          F#
He had it comin'
He had it comin'

F#+
F#

                       F#7
He only had himself to blame
              B
If you'd have been there
              Bm
if you'd have seen it
         D7             C#7+  -  F#m 
I betcha you would have felt the same!


C7 -

          C7
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
          C#7
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum

           F#
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
     C#7+ --F#
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
     C#7+ --F#  
They had it comin' all along
F#7
All along
               B
'Cause if they used us
'Cause if they used us
          Bm
And they abused us
And they abused us
                D7 -
(How) could you tell us
     C#7+  - F#m 
That we were wrong?


          G
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
   D7+ -- G
He had it comin'
He had it comin'
   D7+--G
He only had himself to blame.
            G7      
(...had) himself to blame
   G7#9   --  C
If you'd have been there
If you'd have been there
              Cm
If you'd have seen it
If you'd have seen it
           Eb7     -      D7   -  Gm
(I) betcha you would have felt the same!

D7

         Eb7 (2 bars)       D7 -
I betcha you would have done 
     Gm(2 bars)
the same!