Chicago the musical - Cell Block Tango Lyrics

The Original Broadway Production
Chicago the Musical - Cell Block Tango Lyrics

LIZ
Pop.

ANNIE
Six.

JUNE
Squish.

HUNYAK
Uh-Uh.

VELMA
Cicero.

MONA
Lipschitz!

LIZ
Pop.

ANNIE
Six.

JUNE
Squish.

HUNYAK
Uh-Uh.

VELMA
Cicero.

MONA
Lipschitz!

LIZ
Pop.

ANNIE
Six.

JUNE
Squish.

HUNYAK
Uh-Uh.

VELMA
Cicero.

MONA
Lipschitz!

LIZ
Pop.

ANNIE
Six.

JUNE
Squish.

HUNYAK
Uh-Uh.

VELMA
Cicero.

MONA
Lipschitz!

ALL
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it

VELMA
I betcha you would have done the same!

LIZ
Pop.

ANNIE
Six.

JUNE
Squish.

HUNYAK
Uh-Uh.

VELMA
Cicero.

Mona:
Lipschitz!

LIZ
Pop.

ANNIE
Six.

JUNE
Squish.

HUNYAK
Uh-Uh.

VELMA
Cicero.

MONA
Lipschitz!

ALL
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it

VELMA
I betcha you would have done the same!

LIZ
Pop.

ANNIE
Six.

JUNE
Squish.

HUNYAK
Uh-Uh.

VELMA
Cicero.

MONA
Lipschitz!

LIZ & GIRLS
You know how people He had it coming
have these little habits that He had it coming
get you down. Like Bernie. He only had himself to blame.
Bernie liked to chew gum.
No, not chew. Pop. Well, I If you'd have been there
came home this one day and If you'd have seen it
I am really irritated, and I betcha you would
looking for a little sympathy Have done the same!
and there's Bernie layin' on He had it coming
the couch, drinkin' a beer and He had it coming
chewin'. No, not chewin'. He only had himself to blame.
Popin'. So, I said to him, I If you'd have been there
said, "Bernie, you pop that If you'd have seen it
gum one more time..." I betcha you would
And he did! Have done the same!

LIZ
So I took the shotgun off the wall
and fired two warning shots...
...into his head.

ALL
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have heard it
I betcha you would
Have done the same!

LIZ: GIRLS
I met Ezekiel Young from He had it coming
Salt Lake City about two years ago He had it coming
and he told me he was single He only had himself
and we hit it off right away. To blame.
So, we started living together. If you'd have been there
He'd go to work, he'd come work, I'd mix If you'd have seen it
Him a drink, we'd have dinner. Well, it was I betcha you would
like heaven in two and a half rooms. Have done the same!
And then I found out, He had it coming
"Single" he told me? He had it coming
Single, my ass. Not only was he married. He only had himself
...oh, no, he had six wives. To blame.
One of those Mormons, If you'd have been there
you know. So that night when If you'd have seen it
he came home. I mixed him I betcha you would
his drink as usual. Have done the same!

ANNIE
You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic!

LIZ, ANNIE, JUNE, MONA, VELMA & HUNYAK
Hah! He had it coming Pop, Six, Squish, Uh-Uh,
He had it coming Cicero, Lipschitz!
He took a flower
In its prime
And the he used it Pop, Six, Squish, Uh-Uh,
And he abused it Cicero, Lipschitz!
It was a murder
But not a crime!

JUNE: GIRLS
Now, I'm standing in the kitchen Pop, Six,
carvin' up the chicken for dinner, Squish, Uh-Uh,
minding my own business, Cicero, Lipschitz!
and in storms my husband Wilbur, Pop, Six,
in a jealous rage. Squish, Uh-Uh,
"You been screwin' the milkman," Cicero, Lipschitz!
he says. He was crazy Pop, Six,
and he kept on screamin' Squish, Uh-Uh,
"You been screwin' the milkman," Cicero, Lipschitz!

JUNE
And then he ran into my knife! He ran into my knife TEN TIMES!

ALL
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same!

HUNYAK
Mit keresek, enn itt? Azt mondjok, hogy lakem lefogta a ferjemet
en meg lecsaptam a fejet. De nem igaz, en artatlan vagyok. Nem
tudom mert mondja Uncle Sam hogy en tetten. Probaltam a rendorsegen
megmagyarazni de nem ertettek meg...

JUNE
Yeah, but did you do it?
Hanyak:
UH UH, not guilty!

VELMA & GIRLS
My sister, Veronica, and I did this double act He had it coming
and my husband, Charlie, used to travel He had it coming
round with us. Now for the last number in He only had
our act, we did these 20 acrobatic tricks in a Himself
row, one, two, three, four, five... To blame.
Splits, spread eagles, back flips, flip flops, If you'd have been there
one right after the other. Well, this one night If you'd have seen it
we are in Cicero, the three of us, sittin' up I betcha
in a hotel room, boozin' and havin' a few You would
laughs and we ran out of ice, Have done
so I went out to get some. The same!
I come back, open the door He had
And there's Veronica and It coming
Charlie doing Number Seventeen He had -the spread eagle. It coming...

VELMA
Well, I was in such a state of shock, I completely blacked out.
I can't remember a thing. It wasn't until later, when I was
washing the blood off my hands I even knew they were dead.

GIRLS
They had it coming
They had it coming
They had it coming all along.
I didn't do it
But if I'd done it
How could you tell me that I was wrong?

VELMA & GIRLS
They had it coming
They had it coming
They had it coming
They had it coming
They had it coming
They took a flower
All along
In its prime
I didn't do it
And then they used it
But if I'd done it
And they abused it
How could you tell me
It was a murder
That I was wrong? But not a crime!

MONA & GIRLS
I love Alvin Lipschitz He had it coming
More than I can possibly say. He had it coming
He was a real artistic guy... He only had
Sensitive...a painter. Himself t
But he was troubled. To blame.
He was always trying If you'd have been
to find himself. There
He'd go out every night If you'd have seen it
looking for himself I betcha
and along the way You would
he found Ruth, Have done
Gladys, The same!
Rosemary and Irving.

MONA
I guess you can say we broke up because of artistic differences.
He saw himself as alive and I saw him dead.

ALL
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum

LIZ, ANNIE, MONA & VELMA, JUNE, HUNYAK
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin'
All along
All along
'Cause if they used us
'Cause if they used us
And they abused us
And they abused us
How could you tell us
How could you tell us
That we were wrong?
That we were wrong?

VELMA, JUNE, HUNYAK
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had
Himself
To blame.
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha
You would
Have done
The same!

LIZ
You pop that gum one more time!

ANNIE
Single my ass.

JUNE
Ten times!

HUNYAK
Miert csukott Uncle Sam bortonbe.

VELMA
Number Seventeen - the spread eagle.

MONA
Artistic differences.

ALL
I betcha you would have done the same!

ANNOUNCER:
And now, Ladies and Gentlemen - the Keeper of the Keys, the
Countess of the Clink, the Mistress of Murder's row - Matron
"Mama" Morton!


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SYNOPSIS
Overture
All That Jazz
Funny Honey
Cell Block Tango
When You're Good To Mama
All I Care About
A Little Bit Of Good
We Both Reached For The Gun
Roxie
I Can't Do It Alone
I Can't Do It Alone (Reprise)
My Own Best Friend
Entr' Acte
I Know A Girl
Me And My Baby
Mister Cellophane
When Velma Takes The Stand
Razzle Dazzle
Class
Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag
Finale