Sixteen Tons Chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Some _ people say a man is made out of mud.
A poor man's [A] made out of muscle and blood.
[B] Muscle and blood [G] and skin [Dbm] and bones.
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load [D] sixteen tons, [Ab] what do you [Bm] get?
_ Another day older [Abm] and deeper in depth.
[B] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I [Db] can't go.
[G] I owe my soul to the company [B] store. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was [B] born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I [D] picked up my shovel [Ab] and I walked to the mine.
I loaded [B] sixteen [G] tons, a number nine coal and a straw ball said,
well, bless my soul, you load sixteen tons, [Ab] what do you [B] get?
Another [D] day older and [Abm] deeper in [B] depth.
St.
Peter, don't you call [Gb] me cause I can't [Db] go.
[G] I owe my soul [Bm] to the company store.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was born one morning, it was drizzling [B] rain.
_ Fighting [D] and trouble are [Ab] my middle name.
[Bb] I was raised [A] in McCain, [Em] break by an old mama [Dbm] line.
Can't no [Bm] high-tone woman make me walk the line.
You load sixteen tons, [Ab] what do you [Gb] get?
Another [D] day older and [Ab] deeper in [Bm] depth.
St.
Peter, don't you call [Em] me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
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[Gb] If you see me coming, better step aside.
A lot of [A] men didn't, [Ab] a lot of men died.
[Am] One fist of iron, [G] the other of steel.
[B] If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.
You load [D] sixteen tons, [Bm]
what do you get?
Another [Db] day older and deeper in [Gb] depth.
St.
[Bm] Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go. _ _ _ _
_ I owe _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ my soul _ _ [B] to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the company store.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
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