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Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis - Guitar Chords

Artist Merle Travis How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord F.jpg How to play the guitar chord E.jpg How to play the guitar chord Dm.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg

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Version 1 Version 2 
            [Intro]

Riff
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-2---------------------------------------------|
D|------2----------------------------------------|
A|-----------3----0---------------0--------------|
E|---------------------0--2--4-------------------|

[Verse 1]
     Am                  F           E
Some people say a man is made out o' mud
  Am                     F          E
A poor man's made out o' muscle an' blood.
Am                   Dm       F
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bones
  Am          N.C
A mind that's weak an' a back that's strong

[Chorus]
              Am               F           E
     You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
      Am                   F         E
     Another day older an' deeper in debt
           Am               C              Dm      F
     Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
       Am     N.C
     I owe my soul to the company sto'

(Repeat riff)

[Verse 2]
      Am                        F          E
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
  Am                        F             E
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
         Am              Dm          F
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
        Am         N.C
And the straw boss said, "Well, bless my soul"


[Chorus]
              Am               F           E
     You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
      Am                   F         E
     Another day older an' deeper in debt
           Am               C              Dm      F
     Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
       Am     N.C
     I owe my soul to the company sto'

(Repeat riff)

[Verse 3]
      Am                       F         E
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Am                       F         E
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
      Am                             Dm       F
I was raised in the canebrake by an' ol' mama lion
         Am        N.C
Can't no high-tone woman make me walk the line

[Chorus]
              Am               F           E
     You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
      Am                   F         E
     Another day older an' deeper in debt
           Am               C              Dm      F
     Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
       Am     N.C
     I owe my soul to the company sto'

(Repeat riff)

[Verse 4]
      Am                   F     E
If ya see me comin' better step aside
  Am                  F         E
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
Am                    Dm       F
One fist of iron, the other of steel
       Am              N.C
If the right one don't get you then the left one will

[Chorus]
              Am               F           E
     You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
      Am                   F         E
     Another day older an' deeper in debt
           Am               C              Dm      F
     Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
       Am     N.C
     I owe my soul to the company sto'

(Repeat riff)

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