Chords for Wanda Jackson: "Riot in Cell Block # 9" (feat. Jack White)

Tempo:
106.95 bpm
Chords used:

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A

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Wanda Jackson: "Riot in Cell Block # 9" (feat. Jack White) chords
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[D]
[G] [D]
[Dm] [D]
[G] [A]
[C] [D]
[F] [D] [G]
Rock and roll.
[Am] [F] [D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[F] [D]
[Am] [Dm]
[Gm]
[Dm] [F]
[D] [A]
[G]
[D] [Dm] [G]
[A]
[Dm] [D]
[Dm] Yeah!
[A#]
[Dm] Ladies and [D] gentlemen, from Oklahoma, the queen of rock and roll, Wanda Jackson!
[G] [Dm]
[F#] [D] [C#]
[D] Y'all ready to rock and roll?
[C#] Kind of 50's style?
[D] [C#]
[C#] Here we go.
[Dm] On [D] July the 2nd, 1953, I was serving time for armed robbery.
[Dm] Four o'clock in the morning, I was sleeping in my cell.
Then I heard a whistle blow, [B] and I heard somebody [G] yell,
There's a riot going on.
[D] There's a riot going on.
[A] There's a riot going [B] on.
Up [D] in cell block number nine.
[Dm] When the trouble [G] all started up in cell block number four,
[Dm] [B] Red like fire crossed the prison floor.
[D] A warden came in with a big Tommy [Dm] gun.
He swang bang [C#] bang, trying to stop our fun,
[G] But there's a riot going on.
[D] There's a riot going on.
There's [A] a riot going [B] on.
Up in [D] cell block number [A] nine.
Yeah, yeah.
[D]
[D#] [D] [D#]
[D] [G]
[B]
[D] [Em]
[G] [D]
A warden said, come out with your hands up in the air.
[Dm] You don't [E] stop this riot, you're always going to get the chair.
[Dm] To [B] gun the jailer, they said, it's [C] too late to quit.
[Dm] [B] Kiss the dynamite, Bob.
Man, this fuse is lit.
[G] There's a riot going on.
[D] There's a riot going on.
[A] There's a riot going
[G] on.
Up in cell [D] block number nine.
They called the [A#] state militia to help them win the fight.
[D] Drove up to the [N] prison in the middle of [D] the night.
Teaching every trooper, he looked so tall and fine.
Oh, that chick made crates.
Up in [C#] cell block number [G] nine.
There's a riot going on.
[D] There's a riot going on.
[A] There's a riot going [G] on.
Up in cell [D] block number nine.
Good girl.
[N] Yeah.
My goodness.
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
Dm
2311
A
1231
B
12341112
D
1321
G
2131
Dm
2311
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[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Rock and roll.
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Yeah!
[A#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Ladies and [D] gentlemen, from Oklahoma, the queen of rock and roll, Wanda Jackson! _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Y'all ready to rock and roll?
_ _ _ [C#] Kind of 50's style?
[D] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[C#] Here we go.
_ [Dm] On [D] July the 2nd, _ 1953, _ I was serving time for armed robbery.
[Dm] _ Four o'clock in the morning, I was sleeping in my cell.
Then I heard a whistle blow, [B] and I heard somebody [G] yell,
There's a riot going on.
_ _ _ [D] There's a riot going on.
_ _ [A] There's a riot going [B] on.
Up [D] in cell block number nine.
_ [Dm] _ _ When the trouble [G] all started up in cell block number four,
[Dm] _ [B] Red like fire crossed the prison floor.
[D] _ A warden came in with a big Tommy [Dm] gun.
He swang bang [C#] bang, trying to stop our fun,
[G] But there's a riot going on.
_ _ _ [D] _ There's a riot going on.
_ There's [A] a riot going [B] on.
Up in [D] cell block number [A] nine.
_ _ Yeah, yeah.
[D] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [D#] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ A warden said, come out with your hands up in the air.
[Dm] You don't [E] stop this riot, you're always going to get the chair.
_ [Dm] To [B] gun the jailer, they said, it's [C] too late to quit.
[Dm] [B] Kiss the dynamite, Bob.
Man, this fuse is lit.
[G] There's a riot going on.
_ _ _ [D] There's a riot going on.
_ _ [A] There's a riot going _
[G] on.
Up in cell [D] block number nine. _
_ _ _ They called the [A#] state militia to help them win the fight.
[D] Drove up to the [N] prison in the middle of [D] the night.
Teaching every trooper, he looked so tall and fine.
Oh, that chick made crates.
Up in [C#] cell block number [G] nine.
There's a riot going on.
_ _ [D] There's a riot going on.
_ [A] There's a riot going [G] on.
Up in cell [D] block number nine.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Good girl.
_ [N] _ Yeah.
_ _ My _ _ _ _ goodness. _ _

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