Sixteen Tons Intro & Riff: E|------------------------|------------------ | B|------------------------|------------------ | G|-2----------------------|------------------ | D|-------2----------------|------------------ | A|-------------3-----0----|------------0----- | E|------------------------|-0---2-4---------- | Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) Some people say a man is made outta mud Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) EA (022100@1)poor man's made outta muscle 'n blood... Am (x02210@1) Dm (xx0231@1) FMuscle (133211@1)an' blood an' skin an' bone Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmA (x02210@1)mind that's weak and a back that's strong Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) cho: You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get? Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) Another day older an' deeper in debt Am (x02210@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) I owe my soul to the company store Riff: Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine Am (x02210@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) And the strawboss said, "Well, Bless my soul!" Chorus & Riff: Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) Fightin' and trouble are my middle name Am (x02210@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama lion Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmAin't (x02210@1)no high-tone woman make me walk the line. Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) If ya hear me a-comin' ya better step aside Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) E (022100@1) A lotta men didn't an' a lotta men died Am (x02210@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)With one fist of iron an' the other of steel Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) If the right one don' getcha then the left one will. Chorus & Riff:
