Chords for Tennessee ernie Ford - 16 Tons
Tempo:
70.6 bpm
Chords used:
B
Bm
F#
Em
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
♪ One, people say a man is made out of mud.
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood and skin and bones.
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
[Bm] Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[F#]
[B] I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.
I loaded sixteen tons, a number nine coal.
And the stall boss said, well, bless my soul, you load [C#m] sixteen tons, what do [G#] you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
Peter, don't you call me [G] cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm]
[B] [D#] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble are mine.
I was raised in the cane break by an old mama lion.
Old woman make me walk the line.
You load sixteen tons, [F#] what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
Peter, don't [Em] you call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] [A#]
[B] If you see me coming letters at the stars, a lot of men didn't.
A lot of men died.
One fist of iron, [Em] the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.
You load sixteen [F#] tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
[B] Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to
[Bm] the company store.
[B]
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood and skin and bones.
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
[Bm] Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[F#]
[B] I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.
I loaded sixteen tons, a number nine coal.
And the stall boss said, well, bless my soul, you load [C#m] sixteen tons, what do [G#] you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
Peter, don't you call me [G] cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm]
[B] [D#] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble are mine.
I was raised in the cane break by an old mama lion.
Old woman make me walk the line.
You load sixteen tons, [F#] what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
Peter, don't [Em] you call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] [A#]
[B] If you see me coming letters at the stars, a lot of men didn't.
A lot of men died.
One fist of iron, [Em] the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.
You load sixteen [F#] tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
[B] Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to
[Bm] the company store.
[B]
Key:
B
Bm
F#
Em
C#m
B
Bm
F#
_ _ _ ♪ One, people say a man is made out of mud.
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood and skin and bones.
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
[Bm] Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
_ [F#] _
[B] _ _ _ _ I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.
I loaded sixteen tons, a number nine coal.
And the stall boss said, well, bless my soul, you load [C#m] sixteen tons, what do [G#] you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
Peter, don't you call me [G] cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D#] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble are mine.
I was raised in the cane break by an old mama lion.
Old woman make me walk the line.
You load sixteen tons, [F#] what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
Peter, don't [Em] you call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] _ _ [A#] _
[B] _ _ _ If you see me coming letters at the stars, a lot of men didn't.
A lot of men died.
One fist of iron, [Em] the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.
You load sixteen [F#] tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
[B] Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go.
_ _ I owe _ _ _ my soul to _ _
[Bm] _ the company store.
_ _ _ [B] _
A poor man's made out of muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood and skin and bones.
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
[Bm] Peter, don't you call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
_ [F#] _
[B] _ _ _ _ I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.
I loaded sixteen tons, a number nine coal.
And the stall boss said, well, bless my soul, you load [C#m] sixteen tons, what do [G#] you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
Peter, don't you call me [G] cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D#] I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain.
Fighting and trouble are mine.
I was raised in the cane break by an old mama lion.
Old woman make me walk the line.
You load sixteen tons, [F#] what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
Peter, don't [Em] you call me cause I can't go.
I owe my soul to the company store.
[Bm] _ _ [A#] _
[B] _ _ _ If you see me coming letters at the stars, a lot of men didn't.
A lot of men died.
One fist of iron, [Em] the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.
You load sixteen [F#] tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in depth.
St.
[B] Peter, don't you call me [Em] cause I can't go.
_ _ I owe _ _ _ my soul to _ _
[Bm] _ the company store.
_ _ _ [B] _