<Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Tango </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Fred Ebb </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Composer (s) </Th> <Td> John Kander </Td> </Tr> <P> "Cell Block Tango" is a song from the 1975 musical Chicago, with music composed by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb . It features the female criminals singing about how they ended up in jail . The song was originally performed by Chita Rivera, with Candy Brown, Cheryl Clark, Graciela Daniele, Michon Peacock and Pamela Sousa . "He had it coming" is a refrain throughout the number, in which one prisoner describes how her man's gum - popping habit led her to end the nuisance: "I took a gun and fired two warning shots--into his head ." </P>

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