Chords for Isaac Guillory: Sixteen Tons
Tempo:
80.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[A] [G]
[F] [D]
[Dm] [D]
[Am]
[Dm] I was born one [D] morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked up a shovel and a head with
a mine, I had sixteen tons, a number [A] nine bull and a star ball collar, sixteen [D] tons,
[G] [Am] my dad said, Peter don't you call me cause I [A] can't go, I hold my soul to the pistol.
[D]
[Dm]
[D] [Dm]
[D] [Dm] Well he came in the summer and it was drizzling and raining, he was [F] riding on a truck, [G] he
was my middle name, raised on a [Gm] cane, break by an old mama, now [A] I ain't no high balloon
woman, make me walk the old line with those [D] sixteen tons, what he gets.
[C] Another day I'll get some [D] deeper and death ain't beating, don't you call [G] me now cause
I can't go, [A] I hold my soul to the pistol.
[Dm] [Gm] [D]
[Gm] [A]
Take that piece of card out of your pocket, [D] look on the front and print on the back, it
says company store right at the bottom.
Well some men made out of muscle and blood, other men made out of skin and bone, muscle
and blood and [Gm] skin and [Am] bone, and a mine that's weak and a back that's strong, but loads sixteen
[D] tons and what do you get, [G] another day older and [D] deeper and dead, say Peter don't you
call me cause I [A] can't go.
[C] [D]
[Gm] [Am]
[Dm]
But if you see [D] me come you better step aside, [F] a lot of men live and [D] a lot of men die, one
pulls the vine and the other is [A] steel, never I will don't get you, never that one [D] will
get you, loads sixteen tons and what do you get, [F] another day older and [D] dead, say Peter
don't you call me cause I can't go, [A] I hold my soul to the pistol.
[D]
[G] Peter don't you call me now cause I can't [Gm] go, [Am] cause I [Bb] hold my [G] soul [Bb] to [A] the pistol.
[D]
[A] [D] [Gb]
[C] [Gm]
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
[C] [D]
[A] [G]
[F] [D]
[Dm] [D]
[Am]
[Dm] I was born one [D] morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked up a shovel and a head with
a mine, I had sixteen tons, a number [A] nine bull and a star ball collar, sixteen [D] tons,
[G] [Am] my dad said, Peter don't you call me cause I [A] can't go, I hold my soul to the pistol.
[D]
[Dm]
[D] [Dm]
[D] [Dm] Well he came in the summer and it was drizzling and raining, he was [F] riding on a truck, [G] he
was my middle name, raised on a [Gm] cane, break by an old mama, now [A] I ain't no high balloon
woman, make me walk the old line with those [D] sixteen tons, what he gets.
[C] Another day I'll get some [D] deeper and death ain't beating, don't you call [G] me now cause
I can't go, [A] I hold my soul to the pistol.
[Dm] [Gm] [D]
[Gm] [A]
Take that piece of card out of your pocket, [D] look on the front and print on the back, it
says company store right at the bottom.
Well some men made out of muscle and blood, other men made out of skin and bone, muscle
and blood and [Gm] skin and [Am] bone, and a mine that's weak and a back that's strong, but loads sixteen
[D] tons and what do you get, [G] another day older and [D] deeper and dead, say Peter don't you
call me cause I [A] can't go.
[C] [D]
[Gm] [Am]
[Dm]
But if you see [D] me come you better step aside, [F] a lot of men live and [D] a lot of men die, one
pulls the vine and the other is [A] steel, never I will don't get you, never that one [D] will
get you, loads sixteen tons and what do you get, [F] another day older and [D] dead, say Peter
don't you call me cause I can't go, [A] I hold my soul to the pistol.
[D]
[G] Peter don't you call me now cause I can't [Gm] go, [Am] cause I [Bb] hold my [G] soul [Bb] to [A] the pistol.
[D]
[A] [D] [Gb]
[C] [Gm]
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
[C] [D]
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] I was born one [D] morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked up a shovel and a head with
a mine, I had sixteen tons, a number [A] nine bull and a star ball collar, sixteen [D] _ tons, _ _
[G] _ [Am] my dad said, Peter don't you call me cause I [A] can't go, I hold my soul to the pistol.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] Well he came in the summer and it was drizzling and raining, he was [F] riding on a truck, [G] he
was my middle name, raised on a [Gm] cane, break by an old mama, now [A] I ain't no high balloon
woman, make me walk the old line with those [D] sixteen tons, what he gets.
[C] Another day I'll get some [D] deeper and death ain't beating, don't you call [G] me now cause
I can't go, [A] I hold my soul to the pistol. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Take that piece of card out of your pocket, [D] look on the front and print on the back, it
says company store right at the bottom.
_ Well some men made out of muscle and blood, other men made out of skin and bone, muscle
and blood and [Gm] skin and [Am] bone, and a mine that's weak and a back that's strong, but loads sixteen
[D] tons and what do you get, [G] another day older and [D] deeper and dead, say Peter don't you
call me cause I [A] can't go.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But if you see [D] me come you better step aside, [F] a lot of men live and [D] a lot of men die, one
pulls the vine and the other is [A] steel, never I will don't get you, never that one [D] will
get you, loads sixteen tons and what do you get, [F] another day older and [D] dead, say Peter
don't you call me cause I can't go, [A] I hold my soul to the pistol.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Peter don't you call me now cause I can't [Gm] go, [Am] cause I [Bb] hold my [G] soul _ [Bb] _ to [A] _ _ the pistol.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Dm] I was born one [D] morning when the sun didn't shine, I picked up a shovel and a head with
a mine, I had sixteen tons, a number [A] nine bull and a star ball collar, sixteen [D] _ tons, _ _
[G] _ [Am] my dad said, Peter don't you call me cause I [A] can't go, I hold my soul to the pistol.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] Well he came in the summer and it was drizzling and raining, he was [F] riding on a truck, [G] he
was my middle name, raised on a [Gm] cane, break by an old mama, now [A] I ain't no high balloon
woman, make me walk the old line with those [D] sixteen tons, what he gets.
[C] Another day I'll get some [D] deeper and death ain't beating, don't you call [G] me now cause
I can't go, [A] I hold my soul to the pistol. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Take that piece of card out of your pocket, [D] look on the front and print on the back, it
says company store right at the bottom.
_ Well some men made out of muscle and blood, other men made out of skin and bone, muscle
and blood and [Gm] skin and [Am] bone, and a mine that's weak and a back that's strong, but loads sixteen
[D] tons and what do you get, [G] another day older and [D] deeper and dead, say Peter don't you
call me cause I [A] can't go.
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But if you see [D] me come you better step aside, [F] a lot of men live and [D] a lot of men die, one
pulls the vine and the other is [A] steel, never I will don't get you, never that one [D] will
get you, loads sixteen tons and what do you get, [F] another day older and [D] dead, say Peter
don't you call me cause I can't go, [A] I hold my soul to the pistol.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Peter don't you call me now cause I can't [Gm] go, [Am] cause I [Bb] hold my [G] soul _ [Bb] _ to [A] _ _ the pistol.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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