Chords for Sixteen Tons

Tempo:
51 bpm
Chords used:

E

F

Gb

Bm

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sixteen Tons chords
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You know in my travels around the country I met a lot of tough two-fisted men and
Just about the toughest of them all
were the coal miners
Did you ever load 16 ton?
You know what you get
Well listen to this
[Ab] Some people say a man is made out of mud a poor [E] man's made out of [Eb] muscle blood
[Abm] muscle and [Dbm] blood
Skin and [Eb] bones a mind that's weak and a back that's strong you load [Abm] 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth
Say Peter, don't you [Dbm] call me cause I can't go [Ebm] I owe my [F] soul to the company [Abm] store
I owe my soul to the company store
[Am] I was born one morning when the sun [E] didn't shine
I picked up my [F] shovel and I walked [E] to the mine
I [Am] loaded 16 [Dm] tons of number nine coal [Gb] and the straw boss said well, I bless my [Am] soul you load 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth
Say Peter, don't you call [Dm] me cause I [E] can't go [Eb] I owe my [Ab] soul to the company [A] store
I owe my soul to [Am] the company store
[Bbm] I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
fighting and [Gb] trouble of my
[F] Middle name I [Bbm] was raised in a [Ebm] swamp by an old mama lion
[C] Ain't no high tone woman make [Bb] me tow the line you load [Bbm] 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth
Say Peter, don't you call [Ebm] me cause I can't [F] go [E] I owe my [A] soul to the company store
[Bbm] I owe my soul to the company store
[Bm] If you see me you come and better step aside a lot of men didn't
[G] A lot of men [Gb] died
[Bm] One fist of [Em] iron the other of steel if [G] the right one don't to [Eb] get you then the left of one wheel
[Bm] You load 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth
Say Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't [Gb] go I [F] owe my soul to the company store
[Gm] I owe my [Bm] soul to the company store
Yes, I owe [B] my soul to the [Bm] company store
[Gb]
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E
2311
F
134211111
Gb
134211112
Bm
13421112
Eb
12341116
E
2311
F
134211111
Gb
134211112
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You know in my travels around the country I met a lot of tough two-fisted men and
Just about the toughest of them all
were the coal miners
Did you ever load 16 ton?
You know what you get
Well listen to this
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Some people say a man is made out of mud a poor [E] man's made out of [Eb] muscle blood
[Abm] muscle and [Dbm] blood
Skin and [Eb] bones a mind that's weak and a back that's strong you load [Abm] 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth
Say Peter, don't you [Dbm] call me cause I can't go [Ebm] I owe my [F] soul to the company [Abm] store
I owe my soul to the company store
_ [Am] I was born one morning when the sun [E] didn't shine
I picked up my [F] shovel and I walked [E] to the mine
I [Am] loaded 16 [Dm] tons of number nine coal [Gb] and the straw boss said well, I bless my [Am] soul you load 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth
Say Peter, don't you call [Dm] me cause I [E] can't go [Eb] I owe my [Ab] soul to the company [A] store
I owe my soul to [Am] the company store
_ [Bbm] I was born one morning it was drizzling rain
fighting and [Gb] trouble of my
[F] Middle name I [Bbm] was raised in a [Ebm] swamp by an old mama lion
[C] Ain't no high tone woman make [Bb] me tow the line you load [Bbm] 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth
Say Peter, don't you call [Ebm] me cause I can't [F] go [E] I owe my [A] soul to the company store
[Bbm] I owe my soul to the company store
_ [Bm] If you see me you come and better step aside a lot of men didn't
[G] A lot of men [Gb] died
[Bm] One fist of [Em] iron the other of steel if [G] the right one don't to [Eb] get you then the left of one wheel
[Bm] You load 16 tons
What do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth
Say Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't [Gb] go I [F] owe my soul to the company store
[Gm] I owe my [Bm] soul to the company store
Yes, I owe [B] my soul to the [Bm] company store
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