Chords for Sixteen Tons
Tempo:
71.9 bpm
Chords used:
B
G#
F#
Bm
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#] [B]
Some people say a man is made out of mud, a bone [G#] man's made out of muscle and blood, muscle and [G] blood and [C#m] skin and bones, a mind that's [B] weak and a back that's strong.
When you load 16 [G#] tons, what do you [B] get?
Another day [G#] older and deeper [B] debt.
St.
Peter, don't you [C#] call me cause I can't [B] go, I owe my soul to the company store.
I was born one morning when the [F#] sun didn't [A] shine, I picked up my [G#] shovel and I walked to the [B] mine, I loaded 16 tons, a number 9 coal and a straw ball said, well bless my soul you load 16 tons, [G#] what [C] do you get?
Another [F#] day older and deeper debt.
[B] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go, [Bm] I owe my soul to the company store.
[A#] [B]
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain, [G#] fighting and trouble are my middle name, I was raised in McCain, [G] break by an old [C#m] mama line, can't no high [F#] tone woman make me walk the line.
When you load 16 tons, what do you get?
[Bm] Another day older and deeper debt.
St.
Peter, [Em] don't you call me cause I [Bm] can't go, I owe my soul to the company store.
[B]
If you see me [F#] coming better step aside, [A] a lot of men didn't, a lot of men died, one fist of iron, the [C#m] other of steel, [B] if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
If you see [D] me coming [Bm] better step aside, a lot [G#] of men didn't, [Em] a lot [B] of men died, one fist of iron, the other of steel, if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
[F#] [Bm] [N]
Some people say a man is made out of mud, a bone [G#] man's made out of muscle and blood, muscle and [G] blood and [C#m] skin and bones, a mind that's [B] weak and a back that's strong.
When you load 16 [G#] tons, what do you [B] get?
Another day [G#] older and deeper [B] debt.
St.
Peter, don't you [C#] call me cause I can't [B] go, I owe my soul to the company store.
I was born one morning when the [F#] sun didn't [A] shine, I picked up my [G#] shovel and I walked to the [B] mine, I loaded 16 tons, a number 9 coal and a straw ball said, well bless my soul you load 16 tons, [G#] what [C] do you get?
Another [F#] day older and deeper debt.
[B] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go, [Bm] I owe my soul to the company store.
[A#] [B]
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain, [G#] fighting and trouble are my middle name, I was raised in McCain, [G] break by an old [C#m] mama line, can't no high [F#] tone woman make me walk the line.
When you load 16 tons, what do you get?
[Bm] Another day older and deeper debt.
St.
Peter, [Em] don't you call me cause I [Bm] can't go, I owe my soul to the company store.
[B]
If you see me [F#] coming better step aside, [A] a lot of men didn't, a lot of men died, one fist of iron, the [C#m] other of steel, [B] if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
If you see [D] me coming [Bm] better step aside, a lot [G#] of men didn't, [Em] a lot [B] of men died, one fist of iron, the other of steel, if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
[F#] [Bm] [N]
Key:
B
G#
F#
Bm
C#m
B
G#
F#
_ _ _ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _ _
Some people say a man is made out of mud, a bone [G#] man's made out of muscle and blood, muscle and [G] blood and [C#m] skin and bones, a mind that's [B] weak and a back that's strong.
When you load 16 [G#] tons, what do you [B] get?
Another day [G#] older and deeper [B] debt.
St.
Peter, don't you [C#] call me cause I can't [B] go, I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _ _
I was born one morning when the [F#] sun didn't [A] shine, I picked up my [G#] shovel and I walked to the [B] mine, I loaded 16 tons, a number 9 coal and a straw ball said, well bless my soul you load 16 tons, [G#] what [C] do you get?
Another [F#] day older and deeper debt.
[B] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go, [Bm] I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain, [G#] fighting and trouble are my middle name, I was raised in McCain, [G] break by an old [C#m] mama line, can't no high [F#] tone woman make me walk the line.
When you load 16 tons, what do you get?
[Bm] Another day older and deeper debt.
St.
Peter, [Em] don't you call me cause I [Bm] can't go, I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
If you see me [F#] coming better step aside, [A] a lot of men didn't, a lot of men died, one fist of iron, the [C#m] other of steel, [B] if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
If you see [D] me coming [Bm] better step aside, a lot [G#] _ of men didn't, _ _ [Em] a _ _ _ lot _ [B] _ _ _ of men died, _ _ _ _ _ one fist of iron, the other of steel, if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Some people say a man is made out of mud, a bone [G#] man's made out of muscle and blood, muscle and [G] blood and [C#m] skin and bones, a mind that's [B] weak and a back that's strong.
When you load 16 [G#] tons, what do you [B] get?
Another day [G#] older and deeper [B] debt.
St.
Peter, don't you [C#] call me cause I can't [B] go, I owe my soul to the company store. _ _ _ _ _
I was born one morning when the [F#] sun didn't [A] shine, I picked up my [G#] shovel and I walked to the [B] mine, I loaded 16 tons, a number 9 coal and a straw ball said, well bless my soul you load 16 tons, [G#] what [C] do you get?
Another [F#] day older and deeper debt.
[B] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go, [Bm] I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ [A#] _ [B] _ _ _
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain, [G#] fighting and trouble are my middle name, I was raised in McCain, [G] break by an old [C#m] mama line, can't no high [F#] tone woman make me walk the line.
When you load 16 tons, what do you get?
[Bm] Another day older and deeper debt.
St.
Peter, [Em] don't you call me cause I [Bm] can't go, I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
If you see me [F#] coming better step aside, [A] a lot of men didn't, a lot of men died, one fist of iron, the [C#m] other of steel, [B] if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
If you see [D] me coming [Bm] better step aside, a lot [G#] _ of men didn't, _ _ [Em] a _ _ _ lot _ [B] _ _ _ of men died, _ _ _ _ _ one fist of iron, the other of steel, if the right one don't get you then the left one will.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _