Chords for Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Oct 18, 1956
Tempo:
71.15 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
B
Bm
A
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[Ab] Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor man's made out of muscle and [A] blood,
muscle and [G] blood and skin and [E] bones, a mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load the 16 tons, [Ab] what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth, [Bm] St.
Peter don't you call me [G] cause I can't go,
[B] I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
[B]
I was born [Ab] one morning when the sun didn't shine, [A] I picked up my shovel [Ab] and I walked to the mine,
I loaded [G] 16 tons, a number 9 [Ab] coal and the stall boss [Bm] said,
well the blessing my soul, you load [Am] 16 tons, [Gb] what do you get?
[A] Another [Ab] day older and deeper [B] in depth, St.
Peter don't [G] you call me cause I can't [Db] go,
I owe my [Bm] soul to the company store.
[Bb] [B]
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain, fighting and trouble [Ab] are my middle name,
I [A] was raised in the cane break by [Dbm] an old mama lion, can't no [B] high tone woman make me walk the line,
you load 16 tons, [Ab] what do you get?
Another day older [Gb] and deeper in depth, [Bm] St.
Peter don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go,
[B] I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
[B]
If [Gb] you see me coming, better step [Bm] aside,
a lot of men [Ab] didn't, a lot of men died, one fist of iron, the [E] other of steel,
if the right one don't get you, then the left one will you,
you load 16 [Ab] tons, what do you get?
[Bm] Another day older and deeper in depth, [B] St.
Peter don't you call [Em] me cause I can't go,
I [Db] owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] [Ab] [B]
[Ab] Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor man's made out of muscle and [A] blood,
muscle and [G] blood and skin and [E] bones, a mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load the 16 tons, [Ab] what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth, [Bm] St.
Peter don't you call me [G] cause I can't go,
[B] I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
[B]
I was born [Ab] one morning when the sun didn't shine, [A] I picked up my shovel [Ab] and I walked to the mine,
I loaded [G] 16 tons, a number 9 [Ab] coal and the stall boss [Bm] said,
well the blessing my soul, you load [Am] 16 tons, [Gb] what do you get?
[A] Another [Ab] day older and deeper [B] in depth, St.
Peter don't [G] you call me cause I can't [Db] go,
I owe my [Bm] soul to the company store.
[Bb] [B]
I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain, fighting and trouble [Ab] are my middle name,
I [A] was raised in the cane break by [Dbm] an old mama lion, can't no [B] high tone woman make me walk the line,
you load 16 tons, [Ab] what do you get?
Another day older [Gb] and deeper in depth, [Bm] St.
Peter don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go,
[B] I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
[B]
If [Gb] you see me coming, better step [Bm] aside,
a lot of men [Ab] didn't, a lot of men died, one fist of iron, the [E] other of steel,
if the right one don't get you, then the left one will you,
you load 16 [Ab] tons, what do you get?
[Bm] Another day older and deeper in depth, [B] St.
Peter don't you call [Em] me cause I can't go,
I [Db] owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] [Ab] [B]
Key:
Ab
B
Bm
A
G
Ab
B
Bm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor man's made out of muscle and [A] blood,
muscle and [G] blood and skin and [E] bones, a mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load the 16 tons, [Ab] what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth, [Bm] St.
Peter don't you call me [G] cause I can't go,
[B] I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ I was born [Ab] one morning when the sun didn't shine, [A] I picked up my shovel [Ab] and I walked to the mine,
I loaded [G] 16 tons, a number 9 [Ab] coal and the stall boss [Bm] said,
well the blessing my soul, you load [Am] 16 tons, [Gb] what do you get?
[A] Another [Ab] day older and deeper [B] in depth, St.
Peter don't [G] you call me cause I can't [Db] go,
I owe my [Bm] soul to the company store.
_ _ [Bb] _ [B] _
_ _ I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain, fighting and trouble [Ab] are my middle name,
I [A] was raised in the cane break by [Dbm] an old mama lion, can't no [B] high tone woman make me walk the line,
you load 16 tons, [Ab] what do you get?
Another day older [Gb] and deeper in depth, [Bm] St.
Peter don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go,
[B] I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ If [Gb] you see me coming, better step [Bm] aside,
a lot of men [Ab] didn't, a lot of men died, one fist of iron, the [E] other of steel,
if the right one don't get you, then the left one will you,
you load 16 [Ab] tons, what do you get?
[Bm] Another day older and deeper in depth, [B] St.
Peter don't you call [Em] me cause I can't go,
_ I [Db] owe my _ _ _ soul to _ _ _ _ the company store.
[Bm] _ _ [Ab] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Some people say a man is made out of mud, a poor man's made out of muscle and [A] blood,
muscle and [G] blood and skin and [E] bones, a mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load the 16 tons, [Ab] what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth, [Bm] St.
Peter don't you call me [G] cause I can't go,
[B] I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ I was born [Ab] one morning when the sun didn't shine, [A] I picked up my shovel [Ab] and I walked to the mine,
I loaded [G] 16 tons, a number 9 [Ab] coal and the stall boss [Bm] said,
well the blessing my soul, you load [Am] 16 tons, [Gb] what do you get?
[A] Another [Ab] day older and deeper [B] in depth, St.
Peter don't [G] you call me cause I can't [Db] go,
I owe my [Bm] soul to the company store.
_ _ [Bb] _ [B] _
_ _ I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain, fighting and trouble [Ab] are my middle name,
I [A] was raised in the cane break by [Dbm] an old mama lion, can't no [B] high tone woman make me walk the line,
you load 16 tons, [Ab] what do you get?
Another day older [Gb] and deeper in depth, [Bm] St.
Peter don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go,
[B] I owe [Bm] my soul to the company store.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ If [Gb] you see me coming, better step [Bm] aside,
a lot of men [Ab] didn't, a lot of men died, one fist of iron, the [E] other of steel,
if the right one don't get you, then the left one will you,
you load 16 [Ab] tons, what do you get?
[Bm] Another day older and deeper in depth, [B] St.
Peter don't you call [Em] me cause I can't go,
_ I [Db] owe my _ _ _ soul to _ _ _ _ the company store.
[Bm] _ _ [Ab] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _