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About Cell Block #9 by Jackie Greene
About Cell Block #9
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 5th fret
Key: C
[Intro]
G Em x2
G Fadd9 C G
G D7 Em C
G D7 G
[Verse 1]
G Em
Well, I used to be an angel
G Em
I guess my wings got torn
G Fadd9 C G
I ain't seen nothing but bad luck and trouble
D7 Em C
Ever since that I've been born, ah
G D7 G
Ever since that I've been born
[Verse 2]
G Em
Well, I used to have a best friend
G Em
A girl for to be my bride
G Fadd9 C G
I had everything that a man could want
D7 Em C
I believed I was satisfied, oh
G D7 G
I believed I was satisfied
[Intrumental]
G Em x2
G Fadd9 C G
G D7 Em C
G D7 G
[Verse 3]
G Em
Yeah, but I came home one evening
G Em
The moon was hanging high
G Fadd9 C G
I felt something wrong, something must be going on
D7 Em C
And a black cat passed me by, yeah
G D7 G
A black cat passed me by
[Verse 4]
G Em
I peeked on through my keyhole
G Em
Ah, tell me what did I see?
G Fadd9 C G
I saw my gal and my best friend
D7 Em C
In a bed that belonged to me, oh
G D7 G
A bed that belonged to me
[Intrumental]
G Em x2
G Fadd9 C G
G D7 Em C
G D7 G
[Verse 5]
G Em
So I went and grabbed my shotgun
G Em
You know how the story goes
G Fadd9 C G
You're gonna find me on a chain, digging ditches in the rain
D7 Em C
I'll be wearing them county clothes, Lord
G D7 G
I'll be wearing them county clothes
[Verse 6]
G Em
Well, the jury found me guilty
G Em
I heard that gavel sound
G Fadd9 C G
And the only friend who'd have thrown my bail
D7 Em C
Was six feet underground
G D7 G
Ah, he was six feet underground
[Intrumental]
G Em x2
G Fadd9 C G
G D7 Em C
G D7 G
[Verse 7]
G Em
Oh Lord, I'm feeling low down
G Em
Ain't nothing to call mine
G Fadd9 C G
Gonna spend my days, wasting all away
D7 Em C
In cell block number nine, ah
D7 G
Cell block number nine
[Outro]
G Em x2
G Fadd9 C G
G D7 Em C
G D7 G
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