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Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford - Guitar Chords
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[Intro]
let ring
e|-------0-0---------------|
B|-0-2-4-----0-------------|
G|-------------2-0---------|
D|-------------------0-1-2b|
A|-----------------2-------|
E|-------------------------|
[Verse]
Em7 G6 C B7 Em7 G6 C B7
Some people say a man is made out of mud , a poor mans made out of muscle and blood
Em Am Em
Muscle and blood ,skin and bone with a mind thats weak and a back that is strong
[Chorus]
Em7 G6 C B7 Em7 G6 C B7
You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deper in debt
Em Am Em
Saint Peter don't you call me cos I cant go, I owe my soul to the company store
let ring
e|-------0-0---------------|
B|-0-2-4-----0-------------|
G|-------------2-0---------|
D|-------------------0-1-2b|
A|-----------------2-------|
E|-------------------------|
[Verse]
Em7 G6 C B7 Em7 G6 C B7
I was born one morning when the sun wouldn't shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Em Am Em
I shoveled sixteen tons of number nine coal and the store boss said well bless a my soul
[Chorus]
Em7 G6 C B7 Em7 G6 C B7
You load sixteen tons and what do get? Another day older and deper in debt
Em Am Em
Saint Peter don’t you call me cos I cant go, I owe my soul to the company store
let ring
e|-------0-0---------------|
B|-0-2-4-----0-------------|
G|-------------2-0---------|
D|-------------------0-1-2b|
A|-----------------2-------|
E|-------------------------|
[Verse]
Em7 G6 C B7 Em7 G6 C B7
I was born one mornin it was drizzelin' rain fighting and a scuffeling are my middle names
Em Am Em
I was raised in the cane break by and old mama lion ,take a half ton woman make me walk the line
[Chorus]
Em7 G6 C B7 Em7 G6 C B7
You load sixteen tons and what do get? Another day older and deper in debt
Em Am Em
Saint Peter don’t you call me cos I cant go, I owe my soul to the company store
let ring
e|-------0-0---------------|
B|-0-2-4-----0-------------|
G|-------------2-0---------|
D|-------------------0-1-2b|
A|-----------------2-------|
E|-------------------------|
[Verse]
Em7 G6 C B7 Em7 G6 C B7
If you see me commin' better step aside ! A lotta men didn't boy a lotta men died
Em Am Em
I got one fist of iron the other of steel if the right one doesn't get you the left one will
[Chorus]
Em7 G6 C B7 Em7 G6 C B7
You load sixteen tons and what do get? Another day older and deper in debt
Em Am Em
Saint Peter don’t you call me cos I cant go, I owe my soul to the company store
[Outro]
let ring
e|-------0-0---------------|
B|-0-2-4-----0-------------|
G|-------------2-0---------|
D|-------------------0-1-2b|
A|-----------------2-------|
E|-------------------------|
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