Chords for SIXTEEN TONS Tennessee Ernie Ford (acoustic cover)

Tempo:
132.8 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Eb

Gb

Abm

Dbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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SIXTEEN TONS Tennessee Ernie Ford (acoustic cover) chords
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[Ab] Now one, two, three, four.
[E] [Eb] [Ab] [Gb]
[Eb] [Gb] [Ab]
[Dbm] [Gb]
[Ab] [G] [Abm]
[Ab] You look [Gb] sixteen times, [Eb] what do you [Gb] get?
[Ab] Another day [E] older and [Eb] deeper.
[Ab] Saint Peter don't you call me [Dbm] cause I can't go.
[Ebm] I owe my soul [Gm] to the company [Abm] store.
[Ab] Some people say man is [Eb] made out of mud.
[Ab] I [Gb] say he's made [E] out of muscle [Eb] and blood.
[Ab]
Muscle and blood [Dbm] and skin and bone.
[Ab] A mind that's [Eb] weak and a back that's strong.
[Ab] You look sixteen times, what [Eb] do you get?
[Ab] Another [Gb] day older and [Eb] deeper.
[Ab] Saint Peter don't you [Dbm] call me cause I can't go.
[Ab] I owe my [G] soul to the company store.
[Eb]
[B] [Ab] I was born, bought, and honed like a [Eb] supper shop.
[Ab]
Got right up and I [Eb] walked to the mine.
[Gb] I [Ab] loaded sixteen tons, [Dbm] a number nine core.
[Abm] The boss man said [Eb] well bless my soul.
You [Ab] loaded sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another [Gb] day older [E] and [Eb] deeper.
[Ab] Saint Peter don't you call [Dbm] me cause I can't go.
[Eb] I owe my soul to the company store.
[B] [Ab]
[Abm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Abm]
[Ab] [F] [Abm]
[Ab] [Abm]
[G]
[Ab] Well [Gb] I was born one morning in the [Eb] drizzle and rain.
[Ab] Fighting that trouble on the [Eb] mountain and pain.
I [Ab] was raised in a cane [Dbm] by an old mama lion.
[Abm] No high tone woman made me [Eb] walk the line.
You [Ab] loaded [Gb] sixteen tons, [Eb] what do you get?
[Ab] Another [Gb] day older [E] and deeper.
[Eb] [Ab] Saint Peter don't you call [Dbm] me cause I can't go.
[Abm] [Ebm] I owe my [Db] soul to the [Abm] company store.
Well Saint Peter don't you call me [Dbm] cause I can't go.
[Abm] [Gb] I owe my soul to [Gm] the company [Abm] store.
[Ab] [Abm]
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Ab
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Eb
12341116
Gb
134211112
Abm
123111114
Dbm
13421114
Ab
134211114
Eb
12341116
Gb
134211112
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[Ab] Now one, two, three, four. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] You look [Gb] sixteen times, [Eb] what do you [Gb] get?
[Ab] Another day [E] older and [Eb] deeper.
_ [Ab] Saint Peter don't you call me [Dbm] cause I can't go.
[Ebm] I owe my soul [Gm] to the company [Abm] store. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ Some people say man is [Eb] made out of mud.
[Ab] I [Gb] say he's made [E] out of muscle [Eb] and blood.
[Ab] _
Muscle and blood [Dbm] and skin and bone.
[Ab] A mind that's [Eb] weak and a back that's strong.
[Ab] You look sixteen times, what [Eb] do you get?
[Ab] Another [Gb] day older and [Eb] deeper.
[Ab] Saint Peter don't you [Dbm] call me cause I can't go.
[Ab] I owe my [G] soul to the company store.
[Eb] _
_ [B] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ I was born, bought, and honed like a [Eb] supper shop.
_ [Ab]
Got right up and I [Eb] walked to the mine.
[Gb] I [Ab] loaded sixteen tons, [Dbm] a number nine core.
[Abm] The boss man said [Eb] well bless my soul.
You [Ab] loaded sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another [Gb] day older [E] and [Eb] deeper.
[Ab] Saint Peter don't you call [Dbm] me cause I can't go.
[Eb] I owe my soul to the company store.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ [Abm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Well _ [Gb] I was born one morning in the [Eb] drizzle and rain.
[Ab] Fighting that trouble on the [Eb] mountain and pain.
I [Ab] was raised in a cane [Dbm] by an old mama lion.
[Abm] No high tone woman made me [Eb] walk the line.
You [Ab] loaded [Gb] sixteen tons, [Eb] what do you get?
[Ab] Another [Gb] day older [E] and deeper.
[Eb] _ [Ab] Saint Peter don't you call [Dbm] me cause I can't go.
[Abm] [Ebm] I owe my [Db] soul to the [Abm] company store.
Well Saint Peter don't you call me [Dbm] cause I can't go.
_ [Abm] [Gb] I owe my soul to [Gm] the company [Abm] store. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _

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