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Fred Edd Cell Block Tango

The Bristol Suspensions From "Chicago" Arr. Jaymes Gayhart

    4= 122              
 4
Solo 1 Solo 2 Solo 3 Solo 4

Solos

  4      
Tenor 1    4
Pop Six Squish Uh uh

 4      
  4
  4      
Tenor 2

Baritone  4

  4      
  4
oo...

Bass

                         
 44            
                
oo...

VP


                   
7 Solo 5 Solo 6 Keep respective solos

Solos

   
    
Cic er o Lip shitz Pop Six Squish Uh uh Cic er o

Tenor 1

  
    
oo...

     
Tenor 2


 
Baritone

 
    
                             
Bass

VP            
   

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   46
                  
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Solos

          
        46
Lip shitz Pop Six Squish Uh uh Cic er o Lip Shitz Pop Six Squish Uh uh


Tenor 1


                  46
bop bah dah dah dah... ah ah dah...


Tenor 2

             
       46

bop bah dah dah dah... ah ah dah...

Baritone

      6

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                  
   4
bop bah dah dah dah...

Bass

bop bah dah dah dn... ah ah dn...


    46         44  
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Solos

  6       
Tenor 1    4  44          
Cic er o Lip shitz

 
  
    46       44 
3

         
doh doo...


Tenor 2

    46        4   
4           

ah dah dah doh doo...

Baritone

    46   
     44         
 
ah dah dah He had it com ing He had it com ing He on ly

Bass

doh doo...

        
             
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Tenor 1

  
                   
ba da da da dat doo...

  

                      
Tenor 2

  
Baritone

  
               
  
had him self to blame If you'd a been there, if you'd a seen it, I bet cha

Bass
  

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  
          
Solo 1:"You know how people have these little habits that can get you down?
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     
Like Ryan, Ryan liked to sing pop, no not sing, riff." (insert rif)

       
Solos

Tenor 1             

 
       
3

           
you would have done the ba da da da da da doo...

Tenor 2

                      
3


you would have done the same doo doo doo...

Baritone
 

   
       
3

 
     
you would have done the same He had it com ing He had is com ing he on ly

Bass
  
doo... ba doo...


                 
Solo 1: ""So I come to rehearsal one day and I'm feeling really irritated and I'm looking for a bit of
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sympathy. And there's Ryan right at the piano singing, no not singing, riffing," (insert riff)

          
    
Solos

Tenor 1   
    

     
                 
 
                  
Tenor 2

   
Baritone

  
           
    
had him self to blame If you'd a been there, if you'd a seen it, I bet cha

Bass
 
doo ba doo.. doo ba doo...


                
Solo 1: "So I said to him, I said you do one more riff, (insert riff) and he did. So I grabbed a music stand
31 from the room and gave two warning swings, into his head" (Text should be said on fermata)

     
    
Solos

Tenor 1          

1. 2.

  
                  
ah ah bah dahp bop bop bah dah dah

Tenor 2

   
                     

ah ah bah dahp bop bop bah dah dah

Baritone

   
       
3

      
 
you would have done the same He had it same He had it com ing He had it

Bass
  
ah ah dah dah ba dahp bop bop bah dah dah

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   
                
   
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Tenor 1

     
                 
bop bah dah dah bop bah dah dah bah dahp oo

Tenor 2


                       
bop bah dah dah bop bah dah dah bah dahp oo

Baritone

    
             
   
com ing He on ly had him self to blame If you'd a been there, if you'd a

Bass
  
bop bah dah dah bop ba dah dah bah dahp oo

  
Tenor 1   
      64          44

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         
46 
    44
3
oh ah ah dah... doh


Tenor 2

                  
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      4
4

oh ah ah dah... ah dah dah doh

Baritone

    
    46       44
3

    
  
heard it I bet cha you would have done the same dah... ah dah dah He had it

Bass

oh ah ah da dn... ah dah dah doh

 4
  4                 
Solo 2: "I met Sullivan from Point about a year ago at an open mike night and he told me he was inexperienced when it came to acapella..
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So I invited him to a practice and we hit it off right away. He came to rehearsal I gave him the pitch and he sang his little tenor ass off."

  4
   
Solos

Tenor 1    4              
 
1-2.

 4  
   4                   
doo...


Tenor 2

   4   
 4                     
doo...

Baritone

  4   
             
  4  
com ing He had it com ing He on ly had him self to blame If you'd a

Bass
  
doo ba doo... doo ba doo...

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
                  
Solo 2:"And then I found out, inexperienced, he told me? Inexperienced my ass! Not only was he in our acapella group, oh no,
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he was in two Acapella groups. One of those tenors you know. So the night of our show I gave him the wrong pitch for his big solo."

           

Solos

Tenor 1       

               
   
ah ah bah dahp

Tenor 2

                       
 
ah ah bah dahp

Baritone

     
     
3

    
   
been there, if you'd a heard it I bet cha you would have done the same He had it

Bass
 
doo ba doo... ah ah dah dah bah dahp

             
       
Solo 2: (Pitch is played) "You know, some tenors can't hold a top A Sharp" (Squeal)
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(Text should be said on fermata) Solos 5 & 6: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Solos

    
Tenor 1                   
Pop Six Squish Uh uh Cic er o Lip shitz Pop Six Squish

  
3.

        

    

 

   
   
bop bop bah dah dah bop bah dah dah bop bah dah dah

Tenor 2

 
                        
 
bop bop bah dah dah bop bah dah dah bop bah dah dah

Baritone
  
   
              
  
blame He had it com ing He had it com ing He took a flow er in its prime

Bass
  
bop bop bah dah dah bop bah dah dah bop bah dah dah

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
                   

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Solos 5 & 6: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Solos

         
   
Uh uh Cic er o Lip shitz Pop Six Squish Uh

 
Tenor 1

  
            
bah dahp oo oh ah ah

Tenor 2

    
                 

bah dahp oo oh ah ah

Baritone

    
3

       
   
And then he used it, and he a bused it It was a mur der but not a

Bass

bah dahp oo oh ah ah dah


                    
Solo 3: "So I’m sitting by the piano warming up for my big Mariah Carey solo, minding my own business when in comes William in a jealous
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rage, 'YOU STOLE MY MARIAH SOLO,' he said, he's crazy, he kept screaming, 'YOU STOLE MY MARIAH SOLO!'"

  Cic  shitz
 er o Lip 
Solos

  
Tenor 1                             
uh

   
    
                              
ba da da da da da dm...

Tenor 2

    
                      
da da da dm...

Baritone
   

       
                    
  
crime dm...

Bass
    
da da da dm...

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   
             
Solo 3: "And then he choked on my pitch pipe, he choked on my pitch pipe 10 times."
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(Text should be said on fermata)

             
Solos


Tenor 1                  

                                  

bop doo...

Tenor 2
    
         
           

           
 
bop doo...

Baritone

   
                     
        
If you'd a been there, if you'd a seen it I bet cha

Bass

bop doo bah doo...

         


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Solo 4: "My assistant musical director Ty and I worked well..."

        

Solos

Tenor 1           

    
          
ah ah ba da da da da da doo bah doo bah doo bah

Tenor 2

  
                
    

ah ah doo doo doo doo... bah doo bah doo bah

Baritone

      
  
3

   
     
    
you would have done the same He had it com ing He had it com ing

Bass
 
ah ah dah doo bah doo doo doo bah doo.. bah


                       
Solo 4: "... together. With us we pulled out four killer tracks in a row: Billy Joel, Elton John, Kansas, Michael Buble, none of that cheesy
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top 40 nonsense. That stuff makes me SICK. So this once night, were at Diva quest, Ty’s printing off a brand new arrangement..."

  
        
Solos

Tenor 1         

            
        
doo had him self to to blame doo... bah doo bah

Tenor 2

                
   
doo had him self to to blame doo... bah doo bah

Baritone

      
           
  
He on ly had him self to blame If you'd a been there If you'd a

Bass

doo had him self to to blame doo doo bah doo...

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 5
                      4
83 Solo 4: "...and I run downstairs to get some water. I come back, open the door, and there’s Ty singing number 17 on the charts!"

        
45
Solos

Tenor 1     

             5
    4
doo bah doo doo

Tenor 2

           
  45
doo bah doo doo doo doo doo doo

Baritone

 
         45
  
seen it I bet cha you would have done the same

Bass

bah doo... doo doo

 5 44
Solo 4: "Well I was in such a state of shock I completely blacked out, I can't remember a thing.

  4     
Solo 4: "Imagine Dragons!" It wasn’t until later when I was washing the blood off my hands I realized..."
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(Text should be said on 1st fermata) (Text should be said on 2nd fermata)

  5    
44
Solos

Tenor 1    4      

 5   
44
   4      
doo just a young gun

Tenor 2

 
    45        44
 
doo just a young gun

Baritone

 
  5       44
  4  
doo just a young gun

Bass

doo just a young gun

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  4 ( Choir begins singingon"remember") 
Solos    4              
89 Solo 4: "...the thunder that I brought down on his neck"

  
(Text should be spokeon on fermata)

  4  
   

Tenor 1   4     

 4
  4              bum
    
bop bah Sanp!

  
doo

 
Tenor 2

  4              
 4 
doo bop bah bum


doo


Baritone

    44    
            
doo bop bah The dir ty bum


doo


Bass

doo bop bah bum

             
Tenor 1   
       
        
bum bum


95

               
           
bum bum They had it com ing

   
bum

  
Tenor 2

 
                    
bum They had it com ing

Baritone

   
          
   
The dir ty bum They had it com ing They had it

Bass
  
bum doo doo ba doo..

 
                   
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Tenor 1

                  

They had it com ing They had it com ing ba da da da da...

Tenor 2

         
        
They had it com ing They had it com ing ba da da da da

Baritone

      
           
com ing They had it com ing all a long If you'd a

Bass
      
ba doo.. ba doo... ba doo...

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                 
Tenor 1      
102

    
        
3
you would have done the

Tenor 2

                      
3
been there you would have done the

Baritone

          
3

            
been there, if you'd a seen it I bet cha you would have done the
3

Bass

ba doo... ba doo... you would have done the

  Keep respective


           

106 solos

Solos

     
   
Pop Six Squish Uh uh Cic er o Lip shitz

Tenor 1

     
            
same

Tenor 2

      
  
doo...

Baritone

      

same

Bass
   
same doo...

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