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Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford - Guitar Chords
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[Main Riff]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-4-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------4-----------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------5-----2-----|-------1-----2-----------|
E|-------------------------|-2---4-------------------|
(Riff)
[Verse]
Bm G F#
Some people say a man is made outta mud
Bm G F#
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Bm Em F#
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
Bm (G F#)
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong
[Chorus]
Bm G F#
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Bm G F#
Another day older and deeper in debt
Bm Em F#
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
Bm (F# Bm)
I owe my soul to the company store
(Riff)
[Verse]
Bm G F#
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Bm G F#
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Bm Em F#
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
Bm (G F#)
And the straw boss said, "Well, bless my soul!"
(Chorus + Riff)
[Verse]
Bm G F#
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Bm G F#
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Bm G F#
I was raised in the canebrake by an' ol' mama lion
Bm (G F# )
Can't no high-toned woman make me walk the line
(Chorus + Riff)
Bm G F#
If you see me comin', better step aside
Bm G F#
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
Bm Em F#
One fist of iron, the other of steel
Bm (G F#)
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will
(Chorus + Riff)
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