Chords for Steve Goodman - Sixteen Tons - 4/18/1976 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
Tempo:
61.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
Am
E
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [Ab] [A] [F] That's what it sounded like.
All these things in A minor [N] sounded like.
[Am] [A]
[C] Some [A] people say a man is made out of mud.
[Ab] A [A] poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
[Ab] Muscle and blood, skin and bone.
A [Gb] mind that's weak, a back [Ab] that's strong.
[A] A load [C] sixty [F] tons, what [E] do you get?
[Am] Another day older, [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, don't you [F] call me cause I can't go.
I [E] owe my [A] soul to the company [Am] store.
[A] [D] [Am] [A] I was born one morning [N] when the sun didn't shine.
Dirt my [Ab] shovel and I walk [F] to the mine.
I load [Ab] sixteen tons, a number nine [Fm] pole.
The straw boss [A] says, well bless my soul.
I load [C] sixteen [Fm] tons, [E] what do you [A] get?
[C] Another day [F] older [E] and deeper in [Am] debt.
St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I [Gbm] owe my [A] soul to the company store.
[Am] [A]
[Gbm] I was born one morning, it was [G] drizzling rain.
[A] Fighting and trouble [N] for my middle name.
I was raised in a Cambridge, my old [D] mama lied.
Tall women [A] make me [E] walk the [Am] line.
[C] Sixteen [Dm] tons, what [E] do you get?
[Am] Another day older [F] and [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, [C] don't you call [F] me cause [B] I can't [Am] go.
I [C] owe my [E] soul to the [A] company store.
[C] [A] [D]
[F] [Gbm] [E] [C] [A]
[Ab] This is my favorite verse.
If you see me coming, better step [Fm] aside.
A [N] lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died.
One fist of iron, the other steel.
If the rival [Ab] gets you, then the left one [Am] will erode.
[C] [F] [E] What do you [A] get?
[C] Another day [F] older and [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I owe [E]
my soul.
[E] The [A] company [Em] store.
[Am] [Ab] [Gb] [N] [Gbm]
[C] [D]
[G] [A] [E] [A]
[Am] [N]
All these things in A minor [N] sounded like.
[Am] [A]
[C] Some [A] people say a man is made out of mud.
[Ab] A [A] poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
[Ab] Muscle and blood, skin and bone.
A [Gb] mind that's weak, a back [Ab] that's strong.
[A] A load [C] sixty [F] tons, what [E] do you get?
[Am] Another day older, [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, don't you [F] call me cause I can't go.
I [E] owe my [A] soul to the company [Am] store.
[A] [D] [Am] [A] I was born one morning [N] when the sun didn't shine.
Dirt my [Ab] shovel and I walk [F] to the mine.
I load [Ab] sixteen tons, a number nine [Fm] pole.
The straw boss [A] says, well bless my soul.
I load [C] sixteen [Fm] tons, [E] what do you [A] get?
[C] Another day [F] older [E] and deeper in [Am] debt.
St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I [Gbm] owe my [A] soul to the company store.
[Am] [A]
[Gbm] I was born one morning, it was [G] drizzling rain.
[A] Fighting and trouble [N] for my middle name.
I was raised in a Cambridge, my old [D] mama lied.
Tall women [A] make me [E] walk the [Am] line.
[C] Sixteen [Dm] tons, what [E] do you get?
[Am] Another day older [F] and [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, [C] don't you call [F] me cause [B] I can't [Am] go.
I [C] owe my [E] soul to the [A] company store.
[C] [A] [D]
[F] [Gbm] [E] [C] [A]
[Ab] This is my favorite verse.
If you see me coming, better step [Fm] aside.
A [N] lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died.
One fist of iron, the other steel.
If the rival [Ab] gets you, then the left one [Am] will erode.
[C] [F] [E] What do you [A] get?
[C] Another day [F] older and [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I owe [E]
my soul.
[E] The [A] company [Em] store.
[Am] [Ab] [Gb] [N] [Gbm]
[C] [D]
[G] [A] [E] [A]
[Am] [N]
Key:
A
Am
E
C
F
A
Am
E
[Am] _ _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ [F] That's what it sounded like.
All these things in A minor [N] sounded like.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Some [A] people say a man is made out of mud.
[Ab] A [A] poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
[Ab] Muscle and blood, skin and bone.
A [Gb] mind that's weak, a back [Ab] that's strong.
[A] A load [C] sixty [F] tons, what [E] do you get?
[Am] Another day older, [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, don't you [F] call me cause I can't go.
I [E] owe my [A] soul to the company [Am] store. _
[A] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [A] I was born one morning [N] when the sun didn't shine.
Dirt my [Ab] shovel and I walk [F] to the mine.
I load [Ab] sixteen tons, a number nine [Fm] pole.
The straw boss [A] says, well bless my soul.
I load [C] sixteen [Fm] tons, [E] what do you [A] get?
[C] Another day [F] older [E] and deeper in [Am] debt.
St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I [Gbm] owe my [A] soul to the company store.
[Am] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gbm] I was born one morning, it was [G] drizzling rain.
[A] Fighting and trouble [N] for my middle name.
I was raised in a Cambridge, my old [D] mama lied.
Tall women [A] make me [E] walk the [Am] line.
[C] Sixteen [Dm] tons, what [E] do you get?
[Am] Another day older [F] and [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, [C] don't you call [F] me cause [B] I can't [Am] go.
I [C] owe my [E] soul to the [A] company store.
[C] _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ [F] _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ [C] _ [A] _
_ _ [Ab] This is my favorite verse.
_ If you see me coming, better step [Fm] aside.
A [N] lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died.
One fist of iron, the other steel.
If the rival [Ab] gets you, then the left one [Am] will erode.
[C] _ [F] [E] What do you [A] get?
[C] Another day [F] older and [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I owe _ [E]
my soul.
[E] The _ _ _ _ [A] company [Em] store.
[Am] _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [N] _ _ _ _
All these things in A minor [N] sounded like.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Some [A] people say a man is made out of mud.
[Ab] A [A] poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
[Ab] Muscle and blood, skin and bone.
A [Gb] mind that's weak, a back [Ab] that's strong.
[A] A load [C] sixty [F] tons, what [E] do you get?
[Am] Another day older, [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, don't you [F] call me cause I can't go.
I [E] owe my [A] soul to the company [Am] store. _
[A] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [A] I was born one morning [N] when the sun didn't shine.
Dirt my [Ab] shovel and I walk [F] to the mine.
I load [Ab] sixteen tons, a number nine [Fm] pole.
The straw boss [A] says, well bless my soul.
I load [C] sixteen [Fm] tons, [E] what do you [A] get?
[C] Another day [F] older [E] and deeper in [Am] debt.
St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I [Gbm] owe my [A] soul to the company store.
[Am] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gbm] I was born one morning, it was [G] drizzling rain.
[A] Fighting and trouble [N] for my middle name.
I was raised in a Cambridge, my old [D] mama lied.
Tall women [A] make me [E] walk the [Am] line.
[C] Sixteen [Dm] tons, what [E] do you get?
[Am] Another day older [F] and [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, [C] don't you call [F] me cause [B] I can't [Am] go.
I [C] owe my [E] soul to the [A] company store.
[C] _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ [F] _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _ [C] _ [A] _
_ _ [Ab] This is my favorite verse.
_ If you see me coming, better step [Fm] aside.
A [N] lot of men didn't, and a lot of men died.
One fist of iron, the other steel.
If the rival [Ab] gets you, then the left one [Am] will erode.
[C] _ [F] [E] What do you [A] get?
[C] Another day [F] older and [E] deeper in debt.
[Am] St.
Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I owe _ [E]
my soul.
[E] The _ _ _ _ [A] company [Em] store.
[Am] _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [N] _ _ _ _