Chords for Commander Cody with Jerry Garcia - There's a Riot

[Bb] [Am] There's a riot going [B] on.
It's up in [C] cell block [Bm] number nine.
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[A] July [Cm] 27, _ 1973, I [Eb] was serving [Db] time for armed robbery.
Three [Eb] o'clock in the morning, sleeping in my [G] cell,
when I heard the whistle blow, I heard [C] somebody yell,
[F] There's a riot going on.
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There's a riot going [C] on.
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There's a riot going [F] on.
It's up in cell [Eb] block number nine. _ _ _ _ _
All the [C] trouble started in cell block number [Eb] four.
[Bb] There was fire all [B] across that prison floor.
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I said, Okay [C] boys, let's get ready to [Cm] rob.
Well, here comes the [B] warden.
He's got a child in [F] the house.
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There's [Eb] a riot going on.
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There's [Gm] a riot going on.
[Eb] It's up in cell block number [C] nine.
_ _ _ Take these. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] One more.
James Burton.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Jerry Garcia.
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[C] _ _ _ Now let's [G] get down for Mitch Wood now.
Come on, Mitch.
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_ The warden came out and said, [Bb] Put your hands up in the air.
[C] You don't stop this riot, you all gonna get [G] the child.
[C] _ [Bb] The warden says now, It may be too [Eb] late to quit.
I [C] said, You better pass the [Em] dynamite, the fuse is lit.
[B] There's a riot [F] going on.
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_ _ There's a riot going [Eb] on. _
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It's up in cell block number nine.
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_ In the 47th hour, the tear [Bb] gas got my man.
[C] We're all in our cells.
But every now and [Cm] then, there's a [Eb] riot going on. _
_ _ There's a [F] riot going on.
_ _ [G] There's a riot going on.
It's up in cell block number [Cm] nine. _ _
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And the command _ is_ _ _
Thank you very much. _ _ _ _
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