• Song:

    Sixteen Tons

  • Artist:

    Tennessee Ernie Ford

  • Album:

    Remembering Tennessee E...

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Songs posted seem to be in the wrong key, so I updated it.

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"Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford

(Riff)

Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)          F# (244322@1)
Some people say a man is made outa mud
Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)          F#A (244322@1)poor man's made outa muscle 'n blood...
Bm (x24432@1)                  Em (022000@1)     F#Muscle (244322@1)an' blood an' skin an' bone
Bm (x24432@1)                     (G           F#)
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

Chorus:
     Bm (x24432@1)                      G (320003@1)      F# (244322@1)
     You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?
     Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)        F# (244322@1)
     Another day older an' deeper in debt
     Bm (x24432@1)                  Em (022000@1)     F# (244322@1)     Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go
     Bm (x24432@1)                 (F#       Bm)
     I owe my soul to the company store

(Riff)

Bm (x24432@1)                             G (320003@1)     F# (244322@1)
If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside
Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)          F# (244322@1)
A lotta men din't an' a lotta men died
Bm (x24432@1)                          Em (022000@1)         F# (244322@1)
With one fist of iron an' the other of steel
Bm (x24432@1)                                  (G         F#)
If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

(Chorus + Riff)

Bm (x24432@1)                            G (320003@1)          F# (244322@1)
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
Bm (x24432@1)                      G (320003@1)         F# (244322@1)
Picked up my shovel and I went to the mine
Bm (x24432@1)                    Em (022000@1)     F#Loaded (244322@1)sixteen tons of number nine coal
Bm (x24432@1)                           (G        F#) 
And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!"

(Chorus + Riff)

Bm (x24432@1)                          G (320003@1)       F# (244322@1)
I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain
Bm (x24432@1)                     G (320003@1)       F# (244322@1)
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
Bm (x24432@1)                             G (320003@1)          F# (244322@1)
I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama hound
Bm (x24432@1)                           (G       F#) (244322@1)Ain't no high-tone woman gonna push me around.

(Chorus + Riff)
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
                                                    
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