Chords for Sha Na Na: 16 Tons
Tempo:
71.8 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Bbm
Ebm
B
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [B] So, [F] you can say a [Bb] man's made out of mud, [Db] a poor man's made out [Bb] of muscle and blood, muscle and [Ebm] blood and [Eb] skin and bone, a mind that's [B] weak and a back [E] that's strong.
[Bbm] You know sixteen tons, and more you get, another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, [Ebm] don't you call because I can't [Bb] go, I'll move my soul to the company store.
[Db] [Bb] [D] [N] Gee, [F] we've been down here for fifteen days, no food, no water, no air, no broads.
We've been here for so long that he forgot what broads are.
[E] I wonder if Willie made it to [N] top for some help.
Hey, guys, how are you?
Hey, he's here!
It's okay, help is on its way, they figure they can dig us out in another year or two.
Did you bring us food?
Yes, I got your food, I got tamari and I got cheese sandwiches, tuna fish.
Hey, is the tuna salad fresh?
Gee, I don't know.
Well, tuna's no good unless it's fresh.
Hey, it's all cold, couldn't you get any hot food?
Yeah, like some hamburgers, medium rare.
Well, alright, I'll see what I can do.
Yeah, get some beers too, will ya?
Yeah, and make sure they're cold.
Yeah, and hurry up with it.
Yeah, come on!
We're starving.
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
[Bbm] I picked up my shovel [F] and I walked to [Bb] combine.
I loaded sixteen [Ebm] tons of number nine coal and the [Fm] store bought zero.
And [Bb] I blessed my [Bbm] soul.
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you [Ebm] call me cause I can't go.
[Cm] I owe my soul to the [Bb] company store.
[N] I'm done with the [Bm] beer and the
Hey, Willie, how about Willie?
Yeah, yeah, go on, go on.
[B] Hey, wow, hey, look at this.
Here you go.
Hey, it's not very cold, is [Em] it?
You call [Abm] this medium rare?
I [N] specifically said medium rare.
No what?
No ketchup?
You boy ever heard of a biker with no ketchup?
I'm not eating this stuff.
Yeah, I'm sending it back.
Now go back and get this order right, will ya?
Morning it was drizzling rain.
[Bbm] Fighting [Gb] and trouble all by middle [Bb] names.
I was raised in a teen break [Ebm] line.
Oh, mama lie, you know I [Gb] don't room and make me walk [Bbm] the line.
You load sixteen [Gm] tons [Bbm] and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
[Bb] Saint Peter, don't you call me [Ebm] cause I can't go.
[Bb] I owe my soul to the company store.
[D] Guys, [G]
it's okay.
Oh, it's Willie.
Hey, whoopee, Willie.
I got your hamburger [B] medium rare.
And here is yours.
Yours with [Dbm] ketchup.
Who ordered [N] the kosher meal?
Gee, it must belong to the mine chef next door.
I'm sorry.
Sorry?
We're starving and he's sorry.
And there's no onion slice on this burger.
Now go back and get me a burger with an onion slice.
If you see me coming, better step [Bbm] aside.
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men.
One fist of [Ebm] iron, the other of steel.
If [A] the right one gonna get you, then [Ab] the left one.
[Bbm] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another [Gm] day older and [Bbm] deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't [Ebm] you call
[Bb] [B] [N] my soul to the company store.
[Bb] [Bbm]
[Bbm] You know sixteen tons, and more you get, another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, [Ebm] don't you call because I can't [Bb] go, I'll move my soul to the company store.
[Db] [Bb] [D] [N] Gee, [F] we've been down here for fifteen days, no food, no water, no air, no broads.
We've been here for so long that he forgot what broads are.
[E] I wonder if Willie made it to [N] top for some help.
Hey, guys, how are you?
Hey, he's here!
It's okay, help is on its way, they figure they can dig us out in another year or two.
Did you bring us food?
Yes, I got your food, I got tamari and I got cheese sandwiches, tuna fish.
Hey, is the tuna salad fresh?
Gee, I don't know.
Well, tuna's no good unless it's fresh.
Hey, it's all cold, couldn't you get any hot food?
Yeah, like some hamburgers, medium rare.
Well, alright, I'll see what I can do.
Yeah, get some beers too, will ya?
Yeah, and make sure they're cold.
Yeah, and hurry up with it.
Yeah, come on!
We're starving.
I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
[Bbm] I picked up my shovel [F] and I walked to [Bb] combine.
I loaded sixteen [Ebm] tons of number nine coal and the [Fm] store bought zero.
And [Bb] I blessed my [Bbm] soul.
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you [Ebm] call me cause I can't go.
[Cm] I owe my soul to the [Bb] company store.
[N] I'm done with the [Bm] beer and the
Hey, Willie, how about Willie?
Yeah, yeah, go on, go on.
[B] Hey, wow, hey, look at this.
Here you go.
Hey, it's not very cold, is [Em] it?
You call [Abm] this medium rare?
I [N] specifically said medium rare.
No what?
No ketchup?
You boy ever heard of a biker with no ketchup?
I'm not eating this stuff.
Yeah, I'm sending it back.
Now go back and get this order right, will ya?
Morning it was drizzling rain.
[Bbm] Fighting [Gb] and trouble all by middle [Bb] names.
I was raised in a teen break [Ebm] line.
Oh, mama lie, you know I [Gb] don't room and make me walk [Bbm] the line.
You load sixteen [Gm] tons [Bbm] and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
[Bb] Saint Peter, don't you call me [Ebm] cause I can't go.
[Bb] I owe my soul to the company store.
[D] Guys, [G]
it's okay.
Oh, it's Willie.
Hey, whoopee, Willie.
I got your hamburger [B] medium rare.
And here is yours.
Yours with [Dbm] ketchup.
Who ordered [N] the kosher meal?
Gee, it must belong to the mine chef next door.
I'm sorry.
Sorry?
We're starving and he's sorry.
And there's no onion slice on this burger.
Now go back and get me a burger with an onion slice.
If you see me coming, better step [Bbm] aside.
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men.
One fist of [Ebm] iron, the other of steel.
If [A] the right one gonna get you, then [Ab] the left one.
[Bbm] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another [Gm] day older and [Bbm] deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't [Ebm] you call
[Bb] [B] [N] my soul to the company store.
[Bb] [Bbm]
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] So, [F] you can say a [Bb] man's made out of mud, [Db] a poor man's made out [Bb] of muscle and blood, muscle and [Ebm] blood and [Eb] skin and bone, a mind that's [B] weak and a back [E] that's strong.
[Bbm] You know sixteen tons, and more you get, another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, [Ebm] don't you call because I can't [Bb] go, I'll move my soul to the company store.
[Db] _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ [N] _ Gee, _ _ _ [F] we've been down here for fifteen days, no food, no water, no air, no broads.
We've been here for so long that he forgot what broads are.
[E] I wonder if Willie made it to [N] top for some help.
Hey, guys, how are you?
Hey, he's here! _ _ _ _
It's okay, help is on its way, they figure they can dig us out in another year or two.
Did you bring us food?
Yes, I got your food, I got tamari and I got cheese sandwiches, tuna fish.
Hey, is the tuna salad fresh?
Gee, I don't know.
Well, tuna's no good unless it's fresh.
Hey, it's all cold, couldn't you get any hot food?
Yeah, like some hamburgers, medium rare.
Well, alright, I'll see what I can do.
Yeah, get some beers too, will ya?
Yeah, and make sure they're cold.
Yeah, and hurry up with it.
Yeah, come on!
We're starving. _ _ _ _
_ I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
[Bbm] I picked up my shovel [F] and I walked to [Bb] combine.
I loaded sixteen [Ebm] tons of number nine coal and the [Fm] store bought zero.
And [Bb] I blessed my [Bbm] soul.
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you [Ebm] call me cause I can't go.
[Cm] I owe my soul to the [Bb] company store. _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ I'm done with the [Bm] beer and the_
Hey, Willie, how about Willie?
Yeah, yeah, go on, go on.
[B] Hey, wow, hey, look at this.
Here you go.
Hey, it's not very cold, is [Em] it?
You call [Abm] this medium rare?
I [N] specifically said medium rare.
No what?
No ketchup?
You boy ever heard of a biker with no ketchup?
I'm not eating this stuff.
Yeah, I'm sending it back.
Now go back and get this order right, will ya?
_ _ Morning _ _ _ it was drizzling rain.
[Bbm] Fighting [Gb] and trouble all by middle [Bb] names.
I was raised in a teen break [Ebm] line.
Oh, mama lie, you know I [Gb] don't room and make me walk [Bbm] the line.
You load sixteen [Gm] tons [Bbm] and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
[Bb] Saint Peter, don't you call me [Ebm] cause I can't go.
[Bb] I owe my soul to the company store. _
_ _ _ [D] _ Guys, [G] _ _
it's okay.
Oh, it's Willie.
Hey, whoopee, Willie.
I got your hamburger [B] medium rare.
And here is yours.
Yours with [Dbm] ketchup.
Who ordered [N] the kosher meal?
Gee, it must belong to the mine chef next door.
I'm sorry.
Sorry?
We're starving and he's sorry.
And there's no onion slice on this burger.
Now go back and get me a burger with an onion slice. _ _
If you see me coming, better step [Bbm] aside.
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men.
One fist of [Ebm] iron, the other of steel.
If [A] the right one gonna get you, then [Ab] the left one.
[Bbm] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another [Gm] day older and [Bbm] deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't [Ebm] you call _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [N] my soul to _ _ the company store. _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] You know sixteen tons, and more you get, another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, [Ebm] don't you call because I can't [Bb] go, I'll move my soul to the company store.
[Db] _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ [N] _ Gee, _ _ _ [F] we've been down here for fifteen days, no food, no water, no air, no broads.
We've been here for so long that he forgot what broads are.
[E] I wonder if Willie made it to [N] top for some help.
Hey, guys, how are you?
Hey, he's here! _ _ _ _
It's okay, help is on its way, they figure they can dig us out in another year or two.
Did you bring us food?
Yes, I got your food, I got tamari and I got cheese sandwiches, tuna fish.
Hey, is the tuna salad fresh?
Gee, I don't know.
Well, tuna's no good unless it's fresh.
Hey, it's all cold, couldn't you get any hot food?
Yeah, like some hamburgers, medium rare.
Well, alright, I'll see what I can do.
Yeah, get some beers too, will ya?
Yeah, and make sure they're cold.
Yeah, and hurry up with it.
Yeah, come on!
We're starving. _ _ _ _
_ I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
[Bbm] I picked up my shovel [F] and I walked to [Bb] combine.
I loaded sixteen [Ebm] tons of number nine coal and the [Fm] store bought zero.
And [Bb] I blessed my [Bbm] soul.
You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't you [Ebm] call me cause I can't go.
[Cm] I owe my soul to the [Bb] company store. _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ I'm done with the [Bm] beer and the_
Hey, Willie, how about Willie?
Yeah, yeah, go on, go on.
[B] Hey, wow, hey, look at this.
Here you go.
Hey, it's not very cold, is [Em] it?
You call [Abm] this medium rare?
I [N] specifically said medium rare.
No what?
No ketchup?
You boy ever heard of a biker with no ketchup?
I'm not eating this stuff.
Yeah, I'm sending it back.
Now go back and get this order right, will ya?
_ _ Morning _ _ _ it was drizzling rain.
[Bbm] Fighting [Gb] and trouble all by middle [Bb] names.
I was raised in a teen break [Ebm] line.
Oh, mama lie, you know I [Gb] don't room and make me walk [Bbm] the line.
You load sixteen [Gm] tons [Bbm] and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
[Bb] Saint Peter, don't you call me [Ebm] cause I can't go.
[Bb] I owe my soul to the company store. _
_ _ _ [D] _ Guys, [G] _ _
it's okay.
Oh, it's Willie.
Hey, whoopee, Willie.
I got your hamburger [B] medium rare.
And here is yours.
Yours with [Dbm] ketchup.
Who ordered [N] the kosher meal?
Gee, it must belong to the mine chef next door.
I'm sorry.
Sorry?
We're starving and he's sorry.
And there's no onion slice on this burger.
Now go back and get me a burger with an onion slice. _ _
If you see me coming, better step [Bbm] aside.
A lot of men didn't, a lot of men.
One fist of [Ebm] iron, the other of steel.
If [A] the right one gonna get you, then [Ab] the left one.
[Bbm] You load sixteen tons and what do you get?
Another [Gm] day older and [Bbm] deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don't [Ebm] you call _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [N] my soul to _ _ the company store. _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _